Nepal to receive coronavirus vaccine

Nepal is all set to receive 2,256,000 doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford and Serum Institute of India’s vaccines under the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the World Health Organisation, as co-leads of the COVAX initiative for equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines. COVAX Facility, along with key delivery partner UNICEF, published […]

India will start exporting COVID-19 vaccines from Wednesday, paving the way for many mid- and lower-income countries to get supplies of the easy-to-store Oxford/AstraZeneca drug, of which it said it plans to ship millions of doses within days. Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine producer, told Reuters last week it soon expected