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First consignment of Sinopharm’s Vero Cell vaccines bought from China arrives in Kathmandu
A Nepal Airlines flight brought 800,000 doses of the vaccine while flights are also scheduled for July 15 and July 22, each of which is expected to bring 1 million doses.
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Published at : July 9, 2021
Updated at : July 9, 2021 12:39
Kathmandu
The first consignment of Vero Cell Covid-19 vaccines purchased by the government from China, arrived in Kathmandu on Friday.
Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal Spokesperson Raj Kumar Chhetri informed that a Nepal Airlines wide-body aircraft that had flown to Beijing to bring the vaccines on Thursday, landed at Tribhuvan International Airport at 6:16 am today.
The first consignment brought in 800,000 doses of the vaccine.
Flights are also scheduled for July 15 and July 22, each of which is expected to bring 1 million doses, according to Health Ministry officials.
The government has purchased 4 million doses of vaccines from China under a non-disclosure agreement with an affiliate of the state-backed pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm.
China, last month, had provided 1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine that was used to inoculate those between the ages of 6o and 64 in Kathmandu Valley and those between 62 and 64 outside the Valley.Most Read from National
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