KATHMANDU, Nov 16: Lalitpur Metropolitan City (LMC) will administer the second dose shot of China-manufactured Vero Cell vaccine against the coronavirus disease from November 18 to November 19.

KATHMANDU, Nov 8: The People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China has provided the Nepal Army with 10 units of ventilators, 100 units of oxygen concentrators, and 300,000 doses of Vero Cell vaccine. The medical supplies were handed over by Chinese ambassador Hou Yanqi to Nepal’s Chief of Army Staff, General Prabhu Ram Sharma at a program organized at the Nepal Army Headquarters on Monday.

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.

KATHMANDU, Oct 6: People above 18 years of age will be vaccinated against COVID-19 in Lalitpur from today.

KATHMANDU, Sept 28: The Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) handed over 100,000 doses of the Vero Cell vaccine to the Ministry of Health and Population on Tuesday.

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.

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: A total of 4.4 million doses of Vero Cell vaccine purchased by the government from China arrived in Kathmandu on Friday. According to the Supply Division of the Department of Health Services (DoHS), 4.4 million of the total 6 million doses of vaccines purchased from China arrived in Kathmandu on Friday.

KATHMANDU, August 6: As many as 32 vaccination centers have been established inside Kathmandu to administer the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

KATHMANDU, August 4: The government has announced to administer the second dose of Vero cell vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from August 6.

KATHMANDU, July 9: A consignment of the China-manufactured anti-COVID-19 vaccine, Vero Cell, has arrived in Nepal. The vaccines procured from China were brought to Nepal on a wide-body aircraft A 330 of Nepal Airlines Corporation at 6 am today.

KATHMANDU, July 7: The second dose of Vero Cell vaccine purchased from China will be administered in Lalitpur this Friday and Saturday.

Here is list of vaccine centers in Kathmandu

So far, three percent of total population have received both doses of COVID-19 vaccine

KATHMANDU, June 26: The government is to administer the second dose of Vero cell vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to elderly people from July 6.

KATHMANDU, June 15: It has been found that the 'Vero Cell' vaccine against COVID-19, which was allocated for people belonging to the 60 to 64 years age group, has been widely misused. People other than the specified age group were also vaccinated, according to the Family Welfare Division.

KATHMANDU, June 9: People aged between 60 and 64 years are receiving their first shot of the China-manufactured Vero Cell vaccine against COVID-19 across the country from Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, June 8: The government is administering the first dose of the Vero Cell vaccine against COVID-19 across the country from Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, June 8: The government is administering the first shot of China-manufactured Vero Cell vaccine against the COVID-19 to people aged between 60 and 64 years starting today.

Earlier, the government had given a nod to emergency use of Vero Cell against COVID-19 to people aged between 18 to 59 years only.