KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 21: Nepal and the UK have signed two separate grant agreements related to business and green growth. They did so during a special function held at the Ministry of Finance yesterday. The grant agreements on the Nepal in Business (NIB) program and the Green Growth Nepal (GGN) program—a part of the new UK […]
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LONDON, October 8: The Government of UK has removed 47 countries and territories including Nepal from its red list, which was in place earlier due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Issuing a notice on Thursday, the Government of UK stated that the provision will come into effect from October 11.
With the new provision, passengers returning to England from Nepal will no longer be required to enter hotel quarantine, it is said.
Likewise, eligible travellers vaccinated in over 37 new countries and territories will also be treated the same as returning fully vaccinated UK residents, so long as they have not visited a red list country or territory in the 10 days before arriving in England.
The Government of UK has also stated that proof of vaccination of four vaccines (Oxford-AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna and Janssen and Janssen) will be recognised from those 37 countries and territories. Passengers travelling to the UK from Nepal should submit the proof of vaccination.
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.
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.
LONDON, May 28: The Government of the United Kingdom has provided medical supplies to Nepal for the prevention, control and treatment of COVID-19, the Embassy of Nepal in London said. The health supplies provided from the UK government to Nepal include face shields and 260 ventilators along with the equipment needed for ventilator. The health supplies have been sent to Nepal in a plane on Thursday afternoon from London.
Likewise, 10 oxygen concentrators have also been sent in the same flight managed by the Non-Resident Nepalis Association, UK, and Embassy of Nepal, London.
It is said the Embassy of Nepal in London is making its efforts to receive medical supplies and vaccines from the UK government after Ambassador of Nepal to the UK Lok Darshan Regmi’s meetings with Secretary of State for Defence and Secretary of State for Foreign to immediately receive vaccines and other bilateral assistance for fight against COVID-19.
Ambassador Regmi said that the results of the meetings, interactions and coordination with different sides will appear soon.
KATHMANDU, May 28: The Ambassador of the UK to Nepal, Nicola Pollitt, handed over the health materials to Minister for Health and Population Hridayesh Tripathi at a brief ceremony held at the Tribhuvan International Airport this morning.
In order to support Nepal in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of the United Kingdom provided medical supplies to Nepal. A charter flight carrying the medical consignment arrived in Kathmandu this morning, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister Tripathi expressed gratitude to the British Government for extending helping hands when Nepal is facing a huge challenge in saving people’s lives from the resurgent second wave of the pandemic.
“This assistance from the UK is in keeping with long history of the close and friendly relationship between Nepal and the UK including at the people’s level,” he stated.
Likewise, Ambassador Pollitt assured the Minister of continued British cooperation to Nepal.
The medical items provided by the UK include 260 units of ventilators, assorted consumables to last around four weeks, and 19,200 eye protectors. The same charter flight also carried oxygen concentrators donated by NepalMedUK, a charity organization based in the UK.
COVID Alliance for Nepal UK, a group of UK-based individuals and organisations, have asked the UK government to help Nepal tackle the second wave of Covid-19 that has recently hit the country.
