To the relief of foreign job sector, single-shot J&J vaccine being given to migrant workers Kathmandu Post
Kathmandu, July 20 In a last minute change of plans, the Ministry of Health and Population on Monday started administering the single-shot Janssen vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson to migrant workers. The decision comes as some relief to the foreign employment sector, which has been hard hit by the pandemic.
Kathmandu Valley residents aged 50 to 54 were also administered the single-shot vaccine from Monday with the 1,534,850 doses of the jab the United States provided in grant assistance through the COVAX facility. The single-shot vaccine is also being given to disabled persons, refugees living in Nepal, and health officials and sanitation workers at health facilities.
Nepal: Agencies supplying pre-departure training to migrant workers say government has ignored them
âAgencies providing pre-departure training, fitness certificates say government ignores themâ, 3 July 2021.
Foreign employment-related service provider agencies say they feel ignored as the government has not considered providing them relief while their businesses remain badly affected for over a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to Raja Ram Gautam, the president of the Federation of Foreign Employment Orientation Association Nepal, which represents 137 organisations providing pre-departure training to migrant workers, many operators are struggling with the renewal process due to procedural difficulties caused by the pandemic.
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The Department of Foreign Employment, the central government agency responsible for the management of the labour migration sector, has already asked foreign-employment related service providers to renew their licences by July 15.
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Reframing Our Youth Employment Problem My Republica
Nepal, July 15 The crux of the COVID-19 employment impact lies in underemployment, which globally has contributed more to estimated job losses (in work hours) than unemployment and whose impact is potentially longer term. Given our pre-existing problem of underemployment, especially among youth in the 25-39 age group, this represents an unprecedented employment challenge considering that we are right in the middle of our demographic dividend.
As the nation grapples with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, its ramifications go beyond its immediate public health impact. Health restrictions inevitable to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 have been detrimental to the economy, and are likely to have exacerbated Nepal s seemingly perennial youth employment problem.
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