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.
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.
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.
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.
Of the 1.6 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine provided by the Japanese government to the Government of Nepal, 800,000 doses will be brought to Kathmandu on Saturday and Sunday.
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.
