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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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Students who had earlier missed their COVID-19 vaccine to be administered the vaccine in their schools from Saturday

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COVID-19 vaccination drive halted following syringe shortage

KATHMANDU, December 28: The government has halted COVID-19 vaccination drive for children aged between 12 to 17 years old due to shortage of syringe in the country. Earlier, the government had announced to inoculate COVID-19 vaccine to children of eight districts including Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur from today. The vaccination drive will soon begin once the syringe shortage is resolved, according to the Health Ministry. The government has already begun administering Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to children of 57 districts a week ago.

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Govt begins administering Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to children aged between 12 to 17 years

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KMC to administer anti-COVID-19 vaccine from today

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is administering anti-COVID-19-vaccine in all wards of KMC from today at 10 AM to 4 PM.

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PHOTOS: Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine being administered to children aged between 12 to 17

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Government starts providing COVID-19 vaccine to all above 18

KATHMANDU, November 22: The government has started providing COVID-19 vaccine to all people above 18 years of age. Prior to this, the vaccination campaign was focused on the target groups, but now it is available for al. Joint Spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population, Dr Samir Kumar Adhikari said the government has decided to provide vaccines to all above 18 as the supplies are regular. He urged all the eligible people who were missed in the previous vaccination campaigns to visit the nearby vaccinations centers and get the shot. The government has a target of vaccinating one-third of the population by coming mid-January and 21.07 million by coming mid-April. To date, 30 percent of the total population has been given the first dose of vaccine while the population receiving the full-course is 26 percent. Kathmandu District Health Office Chief Shambhu Kafley said the vaccine is available at five centers: Birendra Military Hospital, Nepal police Hospital, Shahid Memorial Hospital, Kalanki; Bayodha Hospital, Balkhu; at Lhotse Building in New Buspark, Gongabu; and the Herbs Processing Center, Jadibuti in Kathmandu. ---

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Govt administering Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to children aged between 12 to 17 form Sunday

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USA-donated 100,000 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Kathmandu

KATHMANDU, October 25: 100,620 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on Monday morning. The vaccine will be administered to the age group of between 12 and18 and people with chronic diseases, according to Dr Krishna Prasad Poudel, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP). The vaccination drive is scheduled to begin after the Tihar and Chaat festivals. The US government had earlier provided 1.53 million doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccines in July.

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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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First COVID-19 vaccine consignment gifted by India to Nepal arrives in Kathmandu (with photos)

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