Nepal Monday received 1.66 million of the four million doses of Moderna vaccines financed by the World Bank.
The remaining doses will arrived shortly. Moderna vaccines will be administered to adolescents aged between 12 and 17 years to safeguard them from the health impacts of COVID-19.
Nepal is the second country globally to have completed agreements with GAVI to procure four million doses of Moderna vaccines, financed by the World Bank, through the COVAX cost-share option.
