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Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli takes Covishield vaccine
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Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli takes Covishield vaccine
PTI / Mar 7, 2021, 16:17 IST
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Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli (File photo)
KATMANDU: Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli took the Covishield coronavirus vaccine on Sunday, as the Himalayan nation gears up to start phase II of its immunisation drive in which all persons above 65 years will be inoculated.
Oli and wife Radhika Shakya received the Covishield jabs at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital on Sunday morning.
The Covishield vaccine was developed through a collaboration between Oxford University and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. It is manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute of India.
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