Nepal is on cloud nine after it has received as many as 1.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the United States, especially at the time when the country is reeling under a severe vaccine crunch.<\/p>\n
A regular flight ferrying the single-shot vaccines vials from Johnson and Johnson<\/a> landed in the Tribhuvan International Airport today morning.<\/p>\n American Ambassador to Nepal Randy Berry officially handed over the vaccines to Nepali Health Minister Krishna Gopal Shrestha during a program at the TIA. The vaccine consignment has been moved to a Teku-based vaccine storage facility managed by the Department of Health Services.<\/p>\n \u201cToday, we’re giving Nepal enough #JNJ COVID19 vaccines via #COVAX to fully vaccinate 1.5 million people. I\u2019m proud that the US is the largest single-country donor of #COVID19 assistance to Nepal. This gift, on behalf of the American people, has the singular goal of saving lives,\u201d tweeted Ambassador Berry.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Likewise, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said, \u201cThere are no strings attached to our vaccines that we’re providing. We’re providing them around the world to save lives and to be a contributor to the global effort to fight the pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to the US Embassy in Nepal, as the vaccine is a single-shot type, 1.5 million Nepalis can be fully vaccinated with received vaccines doses.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is one crucial step toward ending the pandemic, recuperating economic losses, and resuming the in-person social connections we all crave,\u201d said the US Embassy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n As per the preliminary news, people in the age group 50-55 will be inoculated. However, the Nepali Government is yet to decide the same.<\/p>\n Stay Tuned to NepaliSansar for Latest Nepal COVID-19 Updates<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n More News:<\/strong><\/p>\n Nepal is on cloud nine after it has received as many as 1.5 million doses of…<\/span><\/p>\n
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