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Japan donates 1.6 million doses of Japan-made COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine to Nepal

KATHMANDU, July 13: Japan has donated 1.6 million doses of Japan-made COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine to Nepal as a grant through the COVAX facility, which was officially announced today by Motegi  Toshimitsu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan.  The exact shipping schedule will be confirmed once the procurement arrangement is finalized by the international organization which is in charge of the matter, the Embassy of Japan in Nepal said. Kikuta Yutaka, Ambassador of Japan to Nepal stated this is a reflection of long　time friendship of Nepal toward Japan. He welcomed the decision by Tokyo as the vaccine is urgently needed to save the lives of many Nepali people.  The Ambassador hopes this vaccine will ease down various difficulties caused by the COVID-19 situation.

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Know Nepal’s COVID-19 vaccination status

KATHMANDU, Jan 31: At least 30,876,900 doses of different COVID-19 shots have so far been administered in Nepal.  Nepal officially began the campaign on January 27, last year after it received one million Indian-made Covishield vaccines under grant assistance. Since then, Nepal has received a total of 42,049,640 doses of vaccines manufactured in different countries.  Of the total shots administered,  54.4 percent of the total population (30 million as stated by the health ministry) of the country have received at least one dose of the vaccine while 46.1 percent of the population have received the complete jabs.  According to the latest updates released by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Sunday, 1.6 million people received at least one dose of the vaccines as of Monday afternoon. Nepal has been administering Chinese-made VeroCell, Japanese-made AstraZeneca, Swedish-made AstraZeneca and US-made Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines.  While the J & J vaccine needs to be administered a single dose, other vaccines provide complete protection only after two shots.  Meanwhile, as many as 333,835 people have received additional doses of the vaccines since the country began offering booster doses on January 17. Nepal has been giving booster shots to frontline workers and those people have completed six months after getting a second jab.

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Know Nepal’s COVID-19 vaccination status

KATHMANDU, Jan 25: At least 29,424,756 doses of different COVID-19 shots have so far been administered in Nepal since the country began its vaccination campaign a year ago on January 27, 2021.  Nepal has so far received a total of 40,388,840 doses of vaccines manufactured in different countries.  Of the total shots administered, 53.6 percent of the total population (30 million) of the country have received at least one dose of the vaccine while 42.7 percent of the population have been inoculated with the complete dose.  According to the latest updates released by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), 16,289,425 people received at least one dose of the vaccines as of Monday afternoon. Nepal has been administering Chinese-made VeroCell, Japanese-made AstraZeneca, Swedish-made AstraZeneca and US-made Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines.  While the J & J vaccine needs to be administered a single dose, other vaccines provide complete protection only after two shots.  According to the ministry, a total of 12,524,560 shots of Covishiled and AstraZeneca vaccines, 19,736,400 doses of VeroCell and 3,711,500 jabs of Janssen (J & J) have so far been offered. Similarly, 765,180 doses of Pfizer and 3,651,200 shots of Moderna vaccines have also been administered by Monday afternoon.  As many as 168,969 people have received additional doses of the vaccines since the country began offering booster doses on January 17. Nepal has been giving booster shots to frontline workers and those people have completed six months after getting a second jab. Source: Ministry of Health and Population

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Over 10 million doses COVID-19 jabs administered in Nepal, acknowledgement from WHO regional director

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Nepal receives 130,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from UK

KATHMANDU, August 27: Nepal has received 130,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines in a grant from the United Kingdom (UK).  The consignment was handed over recently at Tribhuvan International Airport by British Ambassador to Nepal, Nicola Pollitt to Chief Specialist at the Ministry of Health and Population, Dr Dipendra Raman Singh, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Government of Nepal on its part thanked the government and people of the UK for the generous support. In recent days, Nepal has been administering 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines daily, according to the Minister of State for Health and Population, Umesh Shrestha. So far as many as 900,737 people have received COVID-19 vaccine in Nepal.

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Nepal receives 130,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from UK

KATHMANDU, August 27: Nepal has received 130,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines in a grant from the United Kingdom (UK).  The consignment was handed over recently at Tribhuvan International Airport by British Ambassador to Nepal, Nicola Pollitt to Chief Specialist at the Ministry of Health and Population, Dr Dipendra Raman Singh, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Government of Nepal on its part thanked the government and people of the UK for the generous support. In recent days, Nepal has been administering 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines daily, according to the Minister of State for Health and Population, Umesh Shrestha. So far as many as 900,737 people have received COVID-19 vaccine in Nepal.

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Nepal receives over 200,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines from Japan

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.

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Infographics: Nepal’s COVID-19 vaccination status

KATHMANDU, Aug 15: Nepal had launched the vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on January 27, last year.  Since then, a total of 1,868,425 people have received the first shot of the Covishield vaccine (manufactured by Serum Institute of India), Japanese-made COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine and Swedish AstraZeneca vaccine. Similarly, 774,533 people have received the second jab of the same vaccine. The government has been administering the second jab of AstraZeneca vaccine to those who had received the first dose before April, earlier this year.  According to the data released by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP),  2,805,893 people have so far been inoculated with the first dose of Chinese-made Verocell vaccine while 1,255,411 have received both the doses.  Government data revealed that 1,273,634 shots of the US-manufactured Johnson and Johnson (J&J) vaccine  have been administered throughout the country. Nepal had received 1.6 million of single-shot J&J vaccines from the United States under grant assistance.  See the province-wise data:

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Japanese-made AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Kathmandu

Japanese-made AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Kathmandu KATHMANDU, Aug 7: The Japanese-made AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Kathmandu on Saturday.  Ambassador of Japan to Nepal, Kikuta Yutaka attended the hand-over ceremony at the Tribhuvan International Airport with State Minister of Health and Population Umesh Shrestha, Joint Secretary of North East Asia Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lok Bahadur Thapa, Representative of UNICEF Nepal, Elke Wisch and WHO Representative to Nepal, Dr Rajesh Sambhajirao Pandav.  This vaccine donation from Japan for Nepal through the COVAX facility was announced by  Motegi  Toshimitsu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on 13 July. Remaining half of 1.6 million doses pledged by Japan will be shipped to Kathmandu shortly,according to the Embassy of Japan in Nepal.

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Japanese-made COVID-19 vaccine to arrive Saturday

KATHMANDU, Aug 5: The AstraZeneca vaccine donated by Japan to Nepal is expected to arrive in Nepal on August 7 and 8.  Japan has pledged to donate 1.6 million doses of Japanese-made AstraZeneca vaccines to Nepal. In the first phase, 800,000 doses will arrive on Saturday and Sunday while the remaining will be shipped to Kathmandu in due course of time, read a statement issued by the Embassy of Japan on Wednesday.

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AstraZeneca vaccine to be administered as alternative to Covishield

KATHMANDU, June 7: The government is  preparing to administer the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as an alternative to the booster dose the Covishield vaccine. The government ‘s decision comes after the Serum Institute of India, the manufacturing company of Covishield vaccine and the COVAX Facility expressed inability to supply additional quantities of Covishield vaccines to Nepal for the time being.  The Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) is planning to administer the AstraZeneca vaccine for those waiting for the booster shot of Covishield as both vaccines are similar in nature and composition. Director of Family Welfare Division, Department of Health Services, Dr Taranath Pokhrel said that  AstraZeneca will be provided  to those receiving the first jab of Covishield as both vaccines were developed by the same company being based on the same formula and methodology and it would make no difference in giving the AstraZeneca as an alternative to the Covishield. The vaccination schedule is yet to be fixed. The booster or second dose is to be taken after 12-16 weeks of getting the first shot.   \Around 1.4 million people above 65 years of age were provided the first shot of Covishield from 7th March to  23rd March.  They are waiting for the final shot as the Serum Institute of India expressed its inability to supply one million doses of vaccines that Nepal had procured from the company for the time being in view of the increasing infections rate in India.  So far in Nepal, the number of the population receiving the first shot of COVID-19 jab stands at 2.13 million while 691,184 have received the full course. The government is administering the China –manufactured Vero Cell to the people from 60-64 age group from tomorrow, Tuesday.

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