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China to donate additional 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine

KATHMANDU: China is to provide an additional two million COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal. This was announced by State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi during a telephone conversation with Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Narayan Khadka Tuesday morning. During the conversation, the two foreign ministers discussed the entire gamut of the bilateral relations between the two countries including COVID-19 vaccine cooperation, trade and commerce, development cooperation and border management, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The two foreign ministers also talked about progress of different development projects, return of Nepali students to China for continuation of their studies, increasing the number of containers of fertilizers and other goods and their shipment through Tatopani/Zhangmu and Rasuwagadhi/Kerung border ports and resumption of regular air services between Nepal and China. The two foreign ministers agreed to work closely on issues of common interest and to further promote friendly and long-standing bilateral relations and cooperation between the two countries. Foreign Minister Dr Khadka reiterated Nepal’s One China policy and appreciated the Government of the People’s Republic of China for continuous support for Nepal’s economic development, including for consistently supporting Nepal in its fight against COVID-19. On the occasion, the State Councilor extended an invitation to Minister Dr Khadka to visit China at a mutually convenient date, adds the ministry.

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1.18 million Vero Cell vaccine doses arrive from China

About 1.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have arrived from China today.

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1.2 million doses of Vero Cell arrived in Nepal

An additional 1 million 20 thousand doses of COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Nepal from China on Wednesday.

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China to provide two million COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal

China will provide additional two million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Nepal.

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Nepal to get Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine from China

The govt of China has agreed to grant 1 million doses of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine to Nepal, a senior Nepali official said Wednesday.

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Bangladesh gets another 5 mln doses of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

DHAKA, Sept. 19 : Bangladesh on Saturday received another 5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's pharmaceutical Sinopharm Group. A plane of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Chinese vaccine doses landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at around 2:00 a.m. local time Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Maidul Islam Prodhan told reporters. Abu Zaher, chief health coordinator at Bangladesh's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, received the consignment at the airport. Earlier on Sept. 11, 5.4 million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine arrived in Dhaka from China. Bangladesh's vaccination drive is now running smoothly in the capital Dhaka and elsewhere largely thanks to China's continued vaccine support. To fight the alarming spike in COVID-19 cases, Bangladesh has signed an agreement on the co-production of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine doses locally. Bangladesh began the COVID-19 vaccination drive in January to contain the pandemic that has spread across the country. The Bangladeshi government subsequently halted administering the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine after India banned vaccine exports. In June, the vaccination drive resumed in parts of the country with the China-donated Sinopharm vaccine. Bangladesh has so far received around 25 million Sinopharm vaccine doses from China.

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4.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Nepal from China today

KATHMANDU, September 17: The government of Nepal is procuring 4.4 million doses of Vero Cell vaccines purchased from China on Friday. A wide body aircraft of Nepal Airlines Corporation flew to China on Thursday night at 11 PM to bring the vaccine. Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Population, Dr. Roshan Pokharel shared that the purchased vaccine will be brought from China on Friday.  Of the 6 million vaccines purchased by the government from China, Nepal has already received 1.6 million vaccines. According to the General Manager of the corporation Dimprakash Poudel , the aircraft will arrive in Nepal at 2 PM on Friday with the vaccine. So far, Nepal has been able to secure 13.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines. The government is preparing to bring 10 million more vaccines by mid-October. (with inputs from RSS)

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Malaysia takes first delivery of China's CanSino COVID-19 vaccine

KUALA LUMPUR, August 20: The first batch of the single-dose COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese company CanSino Biologics arrived in Malaysia on Friday, boosting the country's capability in the fight against the pandemic.      The first batch, comprising some 200,000 finished products, is part of a total of 3.5 million doses that have been ordered by Malaysia, the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry said in a brief statement.      This supply will be able to further intensify the National COVID-19 Immunization Program especially in low access areas and in turn help Malaysia to achieve immunity targets, the statement said.      Malaysia conditionally approved emergency use of the vaccine in June. The COVID-19 vaccines developed by China's Sinopharm and the vaccines made by the Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech have also received approval.      Among them, Sinovac's Coronavac finished vaccines imported from China and the locally fill-and-finish products have been used in Malaysia's national immunization program.      Malaysia has been ramping up its vaccination drive which started in February. As of Thursday, 54 percent of the population has received at least one dose of vaccine and 36 percent are fully vaccinated.

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Taiwan receives 1.13 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from Japan

Taipei [Taiwan], July 9 : Taiwan has received a shipment of 1.13 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by Japan on Thursday. The vaccine doses were developed by the British-Swedish biotech company AstraZeneca and manufactured under license in Japan, Focus Taiwan reported. Health Minister Chen Shih-chung, at a press briefing, thanked Japan for the donation and said inspection of the vaccine shipment will be expedited to allow for faster distribution. Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday that the vaccine donations were a gesture of gratitude for Taiwan's aid to Japan in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit his country in 2011. Motegi said he hopes the vaccines will help curb the spread of the virus in Taiwan, where daily confirmed cases have gradually flattened but a high alert for COVID-19 remains in place due to sporadic cases of the highly infectious Delta variant of the virus. On June 4, Japan had donated 1.24 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan. The donations come as Japan and Taiwan are strengthening ties, while their relations with Beijing are deteriorating. Meanwhile, China has accused Taiwan's governing party of preventing the mainland from sending vaccines to Taiwan and falsely claiming that China has hindered its procurement of vaccines. China has also lambasted Japan for having donated COVID-19 vaccine to Taiwan, labelling such a move as a "political performance". Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin had responded sharply when Tokyo said it is considering sending vaccines to Taipei in late May. "We are firmly against those who exploit the pandemic to put on political shows or even meddle in China's internal affairs," he had said. "I have noticed that Japan can barely ensure adequate supply of vaccines at home." "I would like to stress that vaccine assistance should be restored to its original purpose, which is to save lives, and should not be reduced to a tool for selfish political gains," he had added. Taiwan's inoculation program has been on the slow side with President Tsai Ing-Wen's government facing flak over the unavailability of the vaccines. Taiwan still has not received the ten million AstraZeneca vaccines it ordered between September 2020 and February 2021. In January, Taiwan agreed to purchase five million doses of BioNTech-Pfizer vaccines directly from BioNTech. The deal has remained unfulfilled. President Tsai Ing-Wen, who handily won re-election last year, accused China of interfering with Taiwan's vaccine procurement to purposely cause delays. "We were almost finished with the contract with the German supplier, but owing to China's interference, it's been delayed so that until now we have no way to complete it," she told members of her Democratic Progressive Party. Health Minister Chen Shih-Chung later said that BioNTech had asked Taiwan to change the word "country" in the press release announcing the deal. Taiwan agreed, but the deal still remains unfinished. To date, 60 per cent of the vaccines in Taiwan are donations from the governments of Japan and the US.

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Nepal receives 800,000 doses of China-donated COVID-19 vaccines (Photo Feature)

KATHMANDU, June 1:  A consignment of 800,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, which were donated by China,  arrived in Kathmandu on Tuesday. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), the vaccines and the similar number of syringes were airlifted from Beijing to Kathmandu by a chartered flight of Nepal Airlines Corporation  which were received by the officials of the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP). The remaining 200,000 doses of the vaccine, of the total of one million doses as announced by Chinese President Xi Jingping grant assistance on May 26, during a telephone conversation with his Nepali counterpart Bidya Devi Bhandari, are being provided to Nepal by the Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, MoFA added.  Accordingly, 50,400 doses of the vaccine and syringes were handed over to the officials of the Health Ministry on Tuesday morning, Similarly, another batch of 50,400 vaccines and syringes is scheduled to arrive in Kathmandu on Tuesday evening. The consignment of remaining 99,200 vaccines and syringes will arrive in Kathmandu on Wednesday.

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New batches of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Indonesia

JAKARTA, April 30: New batches of COVID-19 vaccines produced by Chinese pharmaceutical companies arrived at Indonesia's Soekarno-Hatta Airport on Friday, an Indonesian official said.     "Today, 6 million doses of bulk COVID-19 vaccine from Sinovac Biotech Ltd and 482,400 ready-to-use vaccines from the China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) have arrived," Minister of Communications and Informatics Johnny Plate said.     Indonesia has received a total of 65.5 million doses of bulk COVID-19 vaccine from Sinovac, as well as 8.448 million doses of ready-to-use vaccines from Sinovac, Sinopharm, and AstraZeneca through the COVAX Facility initiated by the World Health Organization.     The bulk from Sinovac that arrived Friday will be brought to the state-company PT Bio Farma office to be processed into ready-to-use vaccines.     Meanwhile, the vaccine produced by Sinopharm will be used for a mutual vaccination scheme locally known as "Gotong Royong", where companies or legal entities can arrange the COVID-19 vaccine rollout for their employees for free to help the country achieve herd immunity faster.     Indonesia's Food and Drug Administration (BPOM) has just issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Sinopharm vaccine.     "We are announcing that an emergency use authorization has been given for a vaccine produced by the Beijing Biological Products Institute under Sinopharm," chief of BPOM Penny Lukito said Friday.

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