KATHMANDU, April 4: Government has decided to administer COVID-19 vaccines donated by China from April 7.
According to Dr Jageshwor Gautam, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), 800,000 doses of the Vero Cell-- China-made vaccine against COVID-19 infection-- will be administered to the front-line workers as well as those involved in cross-border trade activities in the mountainous region, Nepali students studying in China under scholarship schemes and those preparing to go to China for further studies.
11-day campaign to administer Vero Cell vaccines begins today
“As many as 500,000 of the total 900,000 people targeted for vaccination have already received COVID-19 vaccines. These 800,000 doses of China-donated vaccines will be administered to the remaining 400,000 people of the targeted group,” he said.
Chinese ambassador to Nepal, Hou Yanqi, handed over COVID-19 vaccines to the Minister for Health and Population Hridayesh Tripathi amidst a special function organized at TIA on March 29.
Nepal had granted a conditional emergency approval for use of Vero Cell, the coronavirus vaccine manufactured by China's Beijing Institute of Biological Products earlier on February 18.
