Kathmandu

US donated Pfizer vaccine arrives in Nepal

By THT Online

Photo Courtesy: @USEmbassyNepal

KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 25

The United States donated 100,620 doses of Pfizer vaccine have arrived in Nepal, today.

The vaccines supplied by the US government to Nepal to fight Covid-19 in partnership with the COVAX facility landed at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu this morning abroad a Qatar Airways flight.

This is the first time the vaccine manufactured by Pfizer has arrived in Nepal.

The two-dose vaccine that needs to be administered within a period of a month, must be maintained at minus 70 degrees.

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