Nigeria destroys 1 million expired donated COVID-19 vaccines Nigeria destroyed more than 1 million expired doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday after authorities said they could not be used before their expiration date. World 23 Dec, 2021
China's Sinovac COVID-19 booster weaker against Omicron: Hong Kong study Three doses of Sinovac's CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine do not produce adequate levels of antibodies to fight the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, researchers from Hong Kong said in a statement. Health 23 Dec, 2021
Over 35,000 students to be inoculated at Tanahun schools As many as 35,000 students are to be inoculated with Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at schools in Tanahun. Nepal 21 Dec, 2021
Qatar Airways airplane carrying Vero Cell vaccines from China fails to land at TIA An aircraft of the Qatar Airways arriving from China with a shipment of Vero Cell vaccines failed to land at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) this morning due to adverse weather. Nepal 20 Dec, 2021
COVID-19 first dose vaccine coverage reaches 99 per cent in Syangja Ninety nine per cent of people above 18 years of age in Syangja district have been administered first dose of COVID-19 vaccines so far, the district health office said. Nepal 20 Dec, 2021
42 pc vaccinated in Sudur Pashchim Province About 42 per cent of the targeted population in nine districts of Sudur Pashchim Province have received their double dose of Covid-19 vaccines. Nepal 16 Dec, 2021
Germany hands over more than 4.1m doses of Covid-19 vaccine The German government handed over more than 4.1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Nepal government in Kathmandu, today. Kathmandu 16 Dec, 2021
Sanofi, GSK say COVID-19 vaccine booster candidate give good immune response Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline said on Wednesday a single booster dose of their COVID-19 vaccine candidate provided strong immune responses, preliminary data from clinical trials show, a boost for the drugmakers after lagging the vaccine race. COVID-19 15 Dec, 2021
Over 9,000 kids to be given Moderna jabs in Humla Children of the 12-17 age group are to be innoculated against COVID-19 in Humla district. Moderna vaccines would be administered to 9,621 children of that age group. Nepal 15 Dec, 2021
Vaccine effectiveness against severe COVID drops slightly, still 'significant protection': WHO COVID-19 vaccines appear to have become slightly less effective in preventing severe disease and death but do provide "significant protection", the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. World 15 Dec, 2021
India stuck with COVID-19 vaccines it can't export Top Indian health official Vinod Kumar Paul told the same event that current global COVID-19 vaccine production was enough to reach the nearly 3.6 billion who have yet to receive a shot. World 14 Dec, 2021
Pfizer says COVID-19 pill near 90% effective in final analysis Pfizer Inc on Tuesday said final analysis of its antiviral COVID-19 pill still showed near 90% efficacy in preventing hospitalizations and deaths in high-risk patients, and recent lab data suggests the drug retains its effectiveness against the fast spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus. COVID-19 14 Dec, 2021
