First phase of Covid vaccination drive begins in Nepal

Kathmandu, Jan 27 : The first phase of Covid-19 vaccination drive kicked off in Nepal on Wednesday.
According to the health officials, the coronavirus has so far killed 2,017 people and infected 270,092 across the country.
Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli rolled out the programme while reading out the message of President Bidhya Devi Bhandari.
A total of 430,000 frontline health workers, supporting staffers at health facilities, female community health volunteers, security personnel, sanitation workers, elderly people living in care homes and prisoners will be administered the vaccine shots in 65 districts across the country, said Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population.
India has handed over one million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covishield vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII), to Nepal under grant assistance in sync with its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy.
Health Minister Hridesh Tripathi said that the first phase of immunisation camping will be completed within 10 days.