vaccine

A nationwide vaccination campaign against COVID-19 is being conducted in Nepal with the aim to vaccinate 200,000 people daily. However, the inoculation drive has been affected due to non-availability of syringes in proportion to the number of vaccines received. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, there are about 9.3 million doses of vaccine […]

Nepal received more than 3 million doses of Vero Cell and Covishield from China and India, respectively on Monday. As many as 1,870,500 doses of Covishield, the India-made AstraZeneca type vaccine, through COVAX facility, along with 1,201,887 doses of the China-made Vero Cell vaccine purchased under a cost-sharing scheme arrived at the Tribhuwan International Airport

The government is vaccinating students between the age group of 12 and 17 in 57 districts against COVID-19 from today. Spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population Dr Sangeeta Mishra informed that the first dose of Moderna vaccine will be administered to the students from December 19 to 29. According to her, students of

Germany has donated around 1,965,600 doses of the Moderna vaccine as well as 2,176,650 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine vaccines to Nepal through the COVAX facility. Similarly, Germany had also supported the procurement of ultra-low temperature freezers, procured through UNICEF. “We can only get over this worldwide pandemic together. Therefore, from the very

Nepal received 1,965,600 doses of the Moderna vaccine through COVAX on Sunday as part of the 3,712,000 doses committed by the international vaccine-sharing scheme. Before this, COVAX had supplied 188,400 doses of the Moderna vaccine on December 4 and 1,497,600 doses on December 9. Nepal is currently using AstraZeneca, Vero Cell, Janssen, Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech

Nepal received 1,497,600 doses of the Moderna vaccine from the COVAX facility on Thursday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the vaccine will be administered to children between 12 to 17 years of age in 57 districts from December 20. The vaccines will be administered to children at their schools, informed Sagar Dahal,

Nepal received 600,000 doses of Covishield, the India-made AstraZeneca type vaccine, through the COVAX facility on Wednesday. It is the third consignment and part of 6,039,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine committed by COVAX. “We have received 600,000 doses of the Covishield vaccine through the COVAX facility,” said Badebabu Thapa, a senior officer at the

Stating that Nepal has a stock of 20 million doses of anti-COVID vaccines, Minister for Health and Population Birodh Khatiwada has asked all who’ve received their second dose of vaccine to get the third dose as well. Addressing an event organized by CPN (Unified Socialist) at Roshi Rural Municipality of Kavrepalanchowk district on Saturday, the

The government has urged citizens not to travel abroad unless absolute emergency in light of the growing risk of the ‘Omicron’ variant. Issuing a press statement on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) urged all Nepalis to take precaution against COVID-19 and said that the ‘Omicron’ variant had not yet been detected in