The US announces additional Covid-19 vaccine aid to Nepal among other countries
The Joe Biden administration in the United States has announced additional Covid-19 vaccine aid to Nepal among several Asian, African and Latin American countries.
Nearly 1.5 million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine are arriving in Nepal on Thursday.
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The final lot of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines donated by Japan to Nepal has arrived in Kathmandu on Monday.
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KATHMANDU, August 19: As many as 800,000 doses of anti Covid-19 vaccine - Vero Cell- has arrived in the country Wednesday evening.
According to the spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population Dr Krishna Prasad Poudel, the vaccines were ferried from China via a wide body aircraft of Nepal Airlines.
Of total 1.6 million doses of vaccines recently purchased by Nepal, 800,000 were brought in this lot while remaining 800,000 doses will be reached here this evening.
According to Spokesperson, 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca granted by Japan will also be arrived here till coming Saturday. The Ministry has notified that the anti COVID-19 vaccines would be administered to the people following priority to the targeted age groups.
So far, Nepal has received 11.6 million doses of vaccines from different countries. Meanwhile, the government has set a goal of ensuring anti COVID-19 vaccines to targeted 33 percent people by the end of September and to targeted all by April 2022.
According to Ministry record, 4,795,902 individuals have received first dose of the vaccine while 3649,760 have received complete dose.
1,813,471 people have recieved their full dose of the Covid-19 vaccine while 4,064,288 have received their first dose. Today, 195,132 people were vaccinated throughout the country.
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The government of Nepal has waived the requirement of a 10-day hotel quarantine rule for Nepalis and foreigners coming to the country from any foreign country if they have received all doses of any Covid-19 vaccine.
The government of Nepal has approved China's Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine. The announcement comes just a day after the World Health Organisation also endorsed the vaccine.
Foreign Affairs Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali says Nepal has hoped for a breakthrough in Covid-19 vaccine import in the next 15 days. Gyawali claims the government has launched different initiatives to import the vaccines and received some positive responses also.
Nepal Covid-19 vaccine roll-out: PM Oli to inaugurate drive in Nepal at 10
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