Indian Army donates 1 lakh doses COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal Army
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China on Monday donated 8,00,000 doses of anti-COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal.
The Indian Army has gifted one lakh doses of India-made anti-COVID-19 vaccines to the Nepal Army as a part of the efforts of the militaries of the 2 neighbours to improve bilateral cooperation.
The vaccines have been handed over by the Indian Army officers to their counterparts from the Nepal Army on the Tribhuvan International Airport on Sunday, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu tweeted.
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India has beforehand gifted a million doses of ‘Made in India’ COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal for the quick requirement of Nepal’s healthcare and front-line staff.
Meanwhile, China on Monday donated 8,00,000 doses of anti-COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal, in accordance to media experiences right here.
The Vero cell vaccines, which arrived at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), was handed over by the Chinese ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi to the Minister for Health and Population (MoHP) Hridayesh Tripathi throughout a ceremony organised for the event, The Himalayan Times reported.
Even although China had pledged to present 8,00,000 doses, initially 5,00,000 after which later 3,00,000, to Nepal, the consignment was introduced to Kathmandu on Monday by a Nepal Airlines Corporation aircraft that had flown to Beijing on Sunday.
The vaccine is developed by Sinopharm, an affiliate of state-backed pharmaceutical firm Sinopharm.
The Department of Drug Administration (DDA) underneath Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population, had permitted the Chinese-made ‘Vero Cell’ vaccine for emergency use towards COVID-19 in Nepal, on February 17.
Following a delay in procurement of Covishield vaccines by the Serum Institute in India, Nepal had suspended the continued COVID-19 vaccination drive, My Republica information portal reported.
Nepal has suspended its vaccination drive after inoculating slightly over 1.7 million folks in two phases till March 15, The Kathmandu Post reported.
Nepal has reported 276,839 circumstances of coronavirus and three,027 deaths associated to the illness.
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