Nepal begins second phase of inoculations with Indian made vaccine against COVID
Sun Online Desk
10th February, 2021 07:11:45
The Government of Nepal on January 15 approved the use of Covishield developed by the Serum Institute of India (SII) for emergency use.
Nepal on Tuesday rolled out its second phase of inoculations with Indian-made vaccine against COVID-19.
Citing the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), Khabarhub reported that in the second drive, the Covishield vaccine would be administered to journalists, officials at the diplomatic missions, and frontline government employees.
Dr Shyamraj Uprety, Nepal's Coordinator of the COVID-19 Vaccination Advisory Committee shared that the Covishield vaccine provided by the Indian government under the grant assistance will be administered to as many as 300,000 frontline journalists, diplomats, and government employees in the second phase, Khabarhub reported.