Nepal receives over 556,640 doses of Sinovac-CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine
The latest shipment is the final consignment of 4 million doses provided by China under grant assistance. Vials of Chinese Sinovac's CoronaVac vaccine against coronavirus disease pictured inside the newly inaugurated production lab designated to manufacture the vaccine, in Constantine, Algeria September 29, 2021. Reuters
Nepal received 556,640doses of Sinovac-CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine from China on Monday.
The latest shipment is the final consignment of the 4 million doses provided by the northern neighbour under grant assistance.
China on Saturday had supplied 3,443,360 doses of the said Covid-19 vaccine.
The Ministry of Health and Population said that the vaccine doses will be used as first, second and booster shots.
Sinovac-CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine will be the sixth vaccine to be used in Nepal, as the country has already used AstraZeneca, Vero Cell, Moderna, Janssen and Pfizer-BioNTech on its people.
So far the country has received 52,644,470 doses of various vaccines—AstraZeneca, Vero Cell, Moderna, Janssen, Sinovac-CoronaVac and Pfizer-BioNTech.
The Health Ministry said that the COVAX facility, the United Nations-backed international vaccine sharing scheme, will supply 738,330 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Wednesday. The facility had supplied 761,670 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Friday.
Arjun Poudel is a health reporter for The Kathmandu Post. Before joining the Post, he worked for Sagarmatha Television, Naya Patrika, Republica and The Himalayan Times.
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