Nepal Begins First Phase of Covid-19 Vaccination Drive
WI THOUT F EAR O R F A V O U R Nepal’s largest selling English daily Vol XXVIII No. 331 | 8 pages | Rs.5 O O Printed simultaneously in Kathmandu, Biratnagar, Bharatpur and Nepalgunj 24.6 C -6.6 C Thursday, January 28, 2021 | 15-10-2077 Dipayal Jumla Nepal begins first phase of Covid-19 vaccination drive Prime Minister Oli says all eligible citizens will be inoculated within three months but officials fail to explain how. The country will need around 45 million doses to cover 72 percent of the 30 million people. POST PHOTOS: KABIN ADHIKARI & ANGAD DHAKAL A health worker preps a Covid-19 vaccine at TU Teaching Hospital; and Dr Sagar Rajbhandari (right), director of Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, and Dr Anup Bastola react after receiving their first jabs in Teku, Kathmandu on Wednesday. ARJUN POUDEL Nepal rolled out its Covid-19 vaccina- es, the government plans to inoculate The government has said it plans to “But due to various reasons including KATHMANDU, JAN 27 tion drive on Wednesday, a little over a around 430,000 health care providers and procure an additional four million doses supply problems, vaccination could not year after the country confirmed its first frontline workers, including female com- of vaccine, most likely Covishield, within start in 12 districts of Sudurpaschim, When Usha Devkota woke up on coronavirus case on January 24, 2020. munity health volunteers, security per- a month. Lumbini and Province 1,” said Adhikari. Wednesday morning, she was excited and The virus so far has infected 270,375.
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