KATHMANDU, Dec 25: The government has started administering Johnson & Johnson vaccines from various hospitals in Kathmandu giving priority to those going abroad for work. 

People who are going abroad will be able to get vaccinated from Military Hospital, Chhauni, Nepal Police Hospital, Maharajgunj, Armed Police Hospital, Balambu, and Teku Hospital. Officials said the government has allocated 500,000 vaccines for the purpose.

The foreign employment entrepreneurs and workers had earlier urged Minister for Labor, Employment, and Social Security Krishna Kumar Shrestha to administer the Johnson and Johnson vaccine to Nepali migrant workers as it requires a single dose only. Minister Shrestha had then written a letter to Minister for Health and Population Birodh Khatiwada requesting him to make necessary arrangements for the vaccines for migrant workers.

Minister Shrestha had requested the Health Ministry to administer 500,000 doses of vaccine to the Nepali people going for foreign employment as only those who have been vaccinated against Johnson & Johnson Company are eligible to travel abroad. The Ministry of Health and Population has stated that vaccines will be easily provided to people leaving the country for foreign employment.

 
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