KATHMANDU, JANUARY 25
More than 1.6 million doses of Moderna vaccine against coronavirus has arrived in Nepal.
Chief of Supplies Section, Department of Health Services, Management Division, Surendra Chaurasiya was quoted as saying that, 1.660 million doses of Moderna vaccine against COVID-19 under COVAX facility and with World Bank support arrived here on Monday evening.
The Moderna vaccine would be administered to children between 12-17 years. Around 41.0 million doses of vaccine against coronavirus have arrived in Nepal so far, he added.
The vaccines, procured under the COVAX cost-share option, comply with World Bank's Vaccine Approval Criteria for financing and are certified as safe and effective for children as young as 12 years of age by the European Medicines Agency and the UK's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.
"Nepal was the second country globally to finalize procurement of vaccines through the COVAX cost-share scheme. The supply of Moderna vaccines is timely for Nepal, as we expand our vaccine coverage to adolescents 12-17 years of age," said Birodh Khatiwada, Minister of Health and Population.
