KATHMANDU, Dec 11: The government has been accelerating the vaccination drive against COVID-19 and has already administered 20,234,822 doses of the vaccines to various target groups till date.

According to Dr Samir Kumar Adhikari, joint spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population, 11,066,464 among those beneficiaries received the first dose while 9,168,358 were fully vaccinated.

Similarly, the government has been providing around 200,000 doses of vaccine on a daily basis to bring as many target groups as possible under the ambit of the vaccination drive. A total of 329,321 people were administered the vaccine last Friday alone.

Nepal first rolled out its COVID-19 vaccination drive on January 24 this year. The government has been procuring vaccines under the COVAX program.

Among the target group, 55.5 percent people got the first dose while 46 percent were fully vaccinated, according to Adhikari. He also said that a total of 29,453,730 doses of the vaccines have been imported as of now as a part of the objective of the government to vaccinate 19,922,164 people.

 
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