Covid vaccination drive slows down as target date nears
As coronavirus infections have been declining in the country, so has the number of people getting their jabs against COVID-19, which has put a pause on the target that the government aimed to achieve by Mid-April.
Health Ministry data about the Covid vaccination drive suggests that 79.5 per cent of the total population has been administered only one dose of the vaccine while 76.5 per cent has been administered full doses.
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Photo: MONIKA DEUPALA o far, 450,000 Nepalis have received the first dose of Covishield, reaching 85% of the target group in the first phase of the country’s Covid vaccination drive. Starting 7 March, 3.7 million Nepalis above 55 who make up 12% of the total population will get their shots against SARS-CoV-2. Teachers, students, bus drivers […]
