Over 1.4 million doses of Moderna vaccine arriving today More than 1.4 million doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine are arriving through Qatar Airways, today. Nepal 09 Dec, 2021
Moderna vaccine to be administered to 12-18 age group The government is preparing to administer Moderna manufactured Covid-19 vaccine to people belonging to 12-18 age-group, beginning this week. Nepal 07 Dec, 2021
Additional 972,000 doses of COVISHIELD arriving today Additional 972,000 doses of COVISHIELD are arriving in Nepal under the COVAX facility, today. Nepal 01 Dec, 2021
As Omicron looms, Nepal grapples with indecision, bureaucratic inertia While many countries of Europe and Americas are scrambling to deal with the challenges posed by the new variant of the COV- ID-19 pandemic known as Omicron, the Government of Nepal does not appear to be fully prepared to deal with the challenge, least of all vaccinate all of its citizens quickly. Nepal 29 Nov, 2021
Govt to inoculate all people above 18 by mid-December The government said that it had started work to provide COVID-19 vaccination to the entire population above 18 years of age in the country by mid-December. Nepal 23 Nov, 2021
Govt starts vaccinating teenagers below 18 Health authorities today started vaccinating children above 12 years of age and teenagers below 18 years, using Pfizer vaccine in 24 hospitals across the country. Nepal 22 Nov, 2021
People to get Pfizer vaccine from today The government is all set to provide chronically ill people above 17 years of age across the country with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from tomorrow. Nepal 14 Nov, 2021
EDITORIAL: Meet the target Nepal will have immunised its eligible population aged 12 and above by mid-April next year if everything goes according to the government’s plan. Opinion 12 Nov, 2021
COVID vaccine for younger kids already being packed, shipped Anticipating a green light from vaccine advisers, the Biden administration is assembling and shipping millions of COVID-19 shots for children ages 5-11, the White House said Monday. The first could go into kids' arms by midweek. World 02 Nov, 2021
1.2 million doses of China manufactured Vero Cell vaccine brought in The first batch of Vero Cell vaccine procured through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) mechanism has arrived from China. Nepal 27 Oct, 2021
US-donated Pfizer vaccine to be administered from November 14 “We are planning to administer the vaccine from November 14 onwards to people aged above 12 and people suffering from diabetes and cancer, among various other chronic diseases,” said Krishna Paudel, spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population. Kathmandu 26 Oct, 2021
US donated Pfizer vaccine arrives in Nepal The United States donated 100,620 doses of Pfizer vaccine have arrived in Nepal, today. Kathmandu 25 Oct, 2021
