July 28, 2023 17:50 pm
KATHMANDU, July 28: The Government of France has just delivered 702,720 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal through the COVAX Facility, offering a boost to the country’s ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive.
April 12, 2023 21:50 pm
The vaccine support from Austria, Czech Republic, France, Greece and Italy will contribute to the Government of Nepal’s efforts to continue vaccinating people across the country
February 15, 2023 20:14 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 15: Germany has just handed over more than 1.5 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's bivalent COVID-19 vaccine to Nepal through the COVAX Facility.
February 8, 2023 15:45 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 8: Nepal will be receiving the first consignment of booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines on February 13.
June 14, 2022 07:15 am
WASHINGTON, June 14: Federal health officials said Sunday that kid-sized doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines appear to be safe and effective for kids under 5, a key step toward a long-awaited decision to begin vaccinating the youngest American children.
February 8, 2022 09:15 am
KATHMANDU, Feb 8: A total of 862,080 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19, provided by the British government through COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access or COVAX facility, arrived in Nepal on Monday.
January 16, 2022 09:13 am
BRUSSELS, Jan 16: The COVAX global vaccine-sharing programme has delivered 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses, one of the organisations which manages it said on Saturday.
December 24, 2021 15:26 pm
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: The government is administering Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccines to people going abroad for employment.
December 16, 2021 12:58 pm
KATHMANDU, Dec 16: Germany provided more than 401 million doses of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines to Nepal on Thursday.
November 9, 2021 13:25 pm
NEW DELHI, Nov 9: India could resume deliveries of COVID-19 shots to global vaccine-sharing platform COVAX in a few weeks for the first time since April, two health industry sources said, ending a suspension of supplies that has hurt poor countries.
November 1, 2021 15:21 pm
KATHMANDU, Nov 1: A shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines against COVID-19 has arrived in Nepal from the Maldives. Nepal received 201,600 doses of vaccines last night from the Maldives under the COVAX facility.
October 27, 2021 17:30 pm
KATHMANDU, Oct 27: As many as 1.20 million additional doses of Vero Cell vaccines arrived in Nepal from China on Wednesday. According to the Department of Health Services, the vaccines were provided to Nepal under the COVAX facility to control the spread of the COVID-19.
August 19, 2021 18:25 pm
KATHMANDU, August 19: The remaining doses of AstraZeneca vaccine Japan pledged for Nepal through COVAX Facility are expected to arrive in Kathmandu on August 21 and 23, according to the Embassy of Japan in Kathmandu.
June 12, 2021 10:04 am
KATHMANDU, June 12: Nepal is to receive COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX facility next week.
February 4, 2021 12:08 pm
The vaccine received under the facility will be administered to people above 55 years of age
February 3, 2021 13:51 pm
BEIJING, Feb 3:The Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday that China will provide 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines under the COVAX initiative.
December 25, 2020 13:31 pm
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Dec 25: With rich countries snapping up supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, some parts of the world may have to rely on Chinese-developed shots to try to conquer the outbreak. The question: Will they work?
December 4, 2020 11:15 am
KATHMANDU, Dec 4: Although various companies around the world have successfully tested the vaccine against COVID-19, children under the age of 14 will not be able to get the vaccine.
November 26, 2020 13:17 pm
KATHMANDU, Nov 26: Although it has been said that the COVID-19 vaccine will be made available for 3 percent of the population in Nepal, it has not been specified who will be among them. The World Health Organization (WHO) is preparing to provide vaccines to 3 percent of the population in the first phase. Following which, the plan is to vaccinate 20 percent of the population by adding 17 percent in the second phase. COVAX plans to purchase and supply 2 billion doses of the vaccine to participating nations by the end of 2021.