KATHMANDU, August 22: Of 1.6 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines pledged by the government of Japan through the COVAX facility, 208,700 doses have arrived in Kathmandu on Saturday.
A representative of the Embassy of Japan in Kathmandu handed the vaccine to representatives of the Ministry of Health and Population at a brief event at Tribhuvan International Airport.
Remaining doses are scheduled to arrive on Sunday and Monday, said the Ministry.
Earlier, in the first phase, 900,000 doses of the vaccine were brought to Nepal on August 7 and 8.