COVID-19 pandemic leads to major backsliding on childhood vaccinations Around 23 million children missed out on basic vaccines through routine immunisation services in 2020 — 3.7 million more than in 2019 — according to official data published today by the World Health Organisation and UNICEF. Nepal 21 Jul, 2021
PM, US envoy supervise J&J vaccination drive Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and US Ambassador to Nepal Randy Berry have jointly inaugurated and supervised the inoculation campaign of Johnson and Johnson vaccine which began today. Kathmandu 20 Jul, 2021
Nepal begins inoculation of single-shot J&J vaccine starting today Nepal on Monday started the inoculation campaign of Johnson and Johnson vaccine, the third COVID-19 jab approved for public use in the country. Nepal 19 Jul, 2021
Vaccine for tourism revival: Can this be done quickly? Tourism is one of Nepal’s largest industries, generating 7.9 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Productin 2018. Opinion 19 Jul, 2021
Deuba wins trust vote, moots national govt Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba won the vote of confidence on Sunday, with 165 of the 249 lawmakers present in the 275-member House of Representatives voting in his favour, including 23 UML lawmakers. Nepal 19 Jul, 2021
Govt bringing 3.2 million doses of vaccines from China by July 30 The government is preparing to bring 3.2 million doses of vaccine against coronavirus by July 30 from neighbouring China. Nepal 18 Jul, 2021
NAC to operate flights to China from July 21 to ferry COVID-19 vaccines Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is sending its aircraft to China on a regular basis from July 21 to bring Vero Cell vaccines. Kathmandu 16 Jul, 2021
Newly appointed Finance Minister Sharma approves Rs 5 billion to purchase vaccines The government has granted permission to the Ministry of Health and Population to spend Rs five billion for the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines. Nepal 14 Jul, 2021
Kathmandu Metropolis designates 22 vaccination centres for J&J, Vero Cell inoculation The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has publicised names of centres designated for administering shots of Vero cell and Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccines. Kathmandu 14 Jul, 2021
Worst violence in years spreads in South Africa as grievances boil over Crowds clashed with police and ransacked or set ablaze shopping malls in cities across South Africa on Tuesday, with dozens of people reported killed, as grievances unleashed by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma boiled over into the worst violence in years. World 14 Jul, 2021
EDITORIAL: Uncertainties galore President Bidhya Devi Bhandari appointed Nepali Congress head Sher Bahadur Deuba as the new Prime Minister of Nepal on Tuesday as ordered by the Supreme Court, a day after its verdict to reinstate the dissolved House of Representatives (HoR) Opinion 14 Jul, 2021
Vero cell Covid-19 vaccines being administered from today The government is inoculating people with recently received Vero cell Covid-19 vaccines from today itself. Nepal 13 Jul, 2021
