KATHMANDU, June 23: The government is administering COVID-19 vaccines to children aged between 5 to 12 years in 27 districts from Thursday.
The government will be inoculating the first dose of the vaccine from June 23 to June 29 and second dose from July 18 to July 24.
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Colombia received a new batch of COVID-19 vaccines from China's biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech, the country's Ministry of Health and Social Protection announced on Monday.
Colombia received a new batch of COVID-19 vaccines from China's biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech, the country's Ministry of Health and Social Protection announced on Monday.
BEIJING, Sept. 12 : More than 2.14 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in China as of Saturday, data from the National Health Commission showed Sunday.
KATHMANDU, September 12: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has been granted approval for emergency use against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nepal.
The Department of Drugs Administrations (DDA) has granted the approval to administer Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines among childrens in Nepal.
“The DDA has granted permission to distribute Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines through the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP),” said Narayan Prasad Dhakal, Director General of the department. “The government can now procure the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines and administer it among childrens.”
The government has begun preparations to administer Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to children who are more than 12 years old.
Nepal is scheduled to receive 100,000 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines in a few days through the COVAX facility.
So far, along with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Covishield, Vero Cell, J & J and Astrazeneca vaccines have been given approval for emergency use against COVID-19. (With inputs from Annapurna Post)
KATHMANDU: Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) has congratulated Nepal for administering 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
“Congratulations Nepal for administering 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines and fully vaccinating 15 % population in population in a short time,” she said.
According to the data released by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), 5,425,888 people have so far received the first dose of the vaccine while 4,677,796 have been inoculated with both doses.
