KATHMANDU, March 20: The government has successfully vaccinated 93 percent of the target groups against COVID-19. Of the total population over 18 years of age, 18,498,160 people have been given at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Ministry of Health and Population.

KATHMANDU, Sept 20: The government has announced a fresh vaccination campaign to administer the Vero Cell vaccine to people across the country. The four million doses of COVID-19 vaccines purchased from China are being administered to people across the country.

GAUHATI, India. July 28: The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has fully vaccinated 90% of its eligible adult population within just seven days, its health ministry said Tuesday.

THIMPU, April 12: When plotted on a graph, the curve of Bhutan’s COVID-19 vaccination drive shoots upwards from the very first day, crossing Israel, United States, Bahrain and other countries known for vaccinating people rapidly.

KATHMANDU, April 7: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) is administering the COVID-19 vaccines received in grant from the Chinese government to the general public from Wednesday.

TAIPEI, March 22: Health care workers received the first shots in Taiwan’s COVID-19 vaccination drive Monday, beginning a campaign that won’t use supplies from China amid uneven distribution of the vaccines globally.

Nepal administered Covishield vaccine to 429,705 people in first phase of COVID-19 vaccination drive

TOKYO, Feb 17: Months after other major economies, Japan began giving the first coronavirus vaccines to front-line health workers Wednesday. Many are wondering if the campaign will reach enough people, and in time, to save a Summer Olympics already delayed a year by the worst pandemic in a century.

Govt fails to meet the target of inoculating 450,000 people in the first phase