KATHMANDU, MARCH 03

Federal lawmakers, parliament secretariat staffers, ministers and senior leaders of Nepal took their first jab of the vaccine against Covid-19 at Minbhawan based Civil Hospital, on Wednesday.

Health Minister Hridayesh Tripathi, Speaker of the House of Representatives Agni Prasad Spakota, Co-chairs of NCP's Dahal-Nepal faction Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Kumar Nepal, among others were inoculated today.

Health Minister Hridayesh Tripathi took his first jab of the Covid-19 vaccine at the vaccination booth in Civil Hospital, New Baneshwar, on Wednesday, March 03, 2021. Photo: RSS
Health Minister Hridayesh Tripathi took his first jab of the Covid-19 vaccine at the vaccination booth in Civil Hospital, New Baneshwar, on Wednesday, March 03, 2021. Photo: RSS

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Agni Prasad Sapkota, took his first jab of the Covid-19 vaccine at the vaccination booth in Civil Hospital, New Baneshwar, on Wednesday, March 03, 2021. Photo: RSS
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Agni Prasad Sapkota, took his first jab of the Covid-19 vaccine at the vaccination booth in Civil Hospital, New Baneshwar, on Wednesday, March 03, 2021. Photo: RSS

Senior Leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal took his first jab of the Covid-19 vaccine at the vaccination booth in Civil Hospital, New Baneshwar, on Wednesday, March 03, 2021. Photo: RSS
Senior Leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal took his first jab of the Covid-19 vaccine at the vaccination booth in Civil Hospital, New Baneshwar, on Wednesday, March 03, 2021. Photo: RSS

Senior Leader Madhav Kumar Nepal took his first jab of the Covid-19 vaccine at the vaccination booth in Civil Hospital, New Baneshwar, on Wednesday, March 03, 2021. Photo: RSS
Senior Leader Madhav Kumar Nepal took his first jab of the Covid-19 vaccine at the vaccination booth in Civil Hospital, New Baneshwar, on Wednesday, March 03, 2021. Photo: RSS

President Bidya Devi Bhandari, on Monday, summoned the first meeting of the House of Representatives for March 7 after the February 24 verdict of Supreme Court to reinstate the Lower House of federal parliament.

The parliamentarians are being vaccinated in a bid to be prepared for the upcoming HoR session.

The drive was enforced by the Ministry of Health and Population as a fight against Covid-19 -- the first phase of which saw frontline health and sanitation workers being inoculated which was followed by the vaccines being administered on government employees, journalists, security personnel, among others.

India-manufactured Covishield is being used by the Ministry of Health for the vaccination drive. Covishield is the local name for the India-manufactured Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine developed in the UK.