Nepal receives 766,350 Pfizer vaccines from US

Kathmandu: Nepal has received 766,350 doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines from the US. The vaccines were donated through the COVAX Facility.

“Happy to welcome the arrival of an additional 766,350 doses of US-donated Pfizer covid-19 vaccines. We’ve already delivered over 500 million Covid-19 vaccines across 110 countries, including over 3.1 million to Nepal to date!,” US Ambassador to Nepal Randy Berry tweeted.

ARRIVED: Happy to welcome the arrival of an additional 766,350 doses of U.S. donated Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines. We've already delivered over 500M COVID-19 vaccines across 110 countries, including over 3.1 million to Nepal to date! pic.twitter.com/ixQHo6URoY

— Ambassador Randy Berry (@USAmbNepal) March 25, 2022

Head of the supply division under the Department of Health Services Dr Suresh Chaurasiya said that the vaccines will be administered to citizens above 12 years.

A total of 47.882 million vaccines have been received in Nepal so far from different countries.