Govt initiates process to procure COVID-19 vaccines for children
KATHMANDU, August 12: Nepal will receive 10.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by mid-October, according to the Minister of State for the Health and Population, Umesh Shrestha.
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Addressing the House of Representatives (HoR) meeting on Thursday, State Minister Shrestha said that Nepal has so far received 10,860,170 doses of COVID-19 vaccines and is soon to receive an additional 10.2 million doses by mid-October, 30.23 million by mid-February, next year. “By February next year, Nepal will have received 50.23 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines,” he added.
State Minister Shrestha also maintained that the government has already begun processes to procure COVID-19 vaccines for children and will be inoculating them with the vaccines soon.
