Highlights
A week after Nepal requested for COVID-19 vaccines from India, the country has got 1 million doses of "made in India" vaccines.
A plane carrying Serum Institute of India manufactured oxford AstraZeneca vaccine COVISHIELD reached Kathmandu.
New Delhi: A week after Nepal requested for COVID-19 vaccines from India, the country has got 1 million doses of "made in India" vaccines. Nepal's foreign minister Pradeep Gyawali had requested the vaccines during the last Friday's India-Nepal 6th joint commission meeting in Delhi.
A plane carrying Serum Institute of India manufactured O
xford AstraZeneca vaccine -- COVISHIELD reached Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport. Nepal's Health minister Hridayesh Tripathi, Minister of State Nabaraj Rawat, Secretary Laxman Aryal and Indian envoy to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra were present at the site.