Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari, who had been undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital of Kathmandu, tested positive for Covid-19, a hospital official has said.The president, who was admitted to the Tribhuvan University Teaching .
Indian Neighbour, Himalayan Nation, Nepal launched its largest immunisation campaign on Wednesday, January 27 with its first coronavirus vaccinations for medical workers, after a gift of one million doses from India. A doctor at a teaching hospital in the Nepal capital, Kathmandu, became the first recipient of the Covid 19 vaccine and inoculated by masked and gowned staff.
Dinesh Kafle, 50, the first recipient after his jab, said, “We have a new weapon now and I hope we will be able to defeat the coronavirus soon . Tens of thousands of Nepal’s frontline health workers are in the queue to receive India’s AstraZeneca vaccine, caretaker Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli said as the drive began. Oli added, “We are in talks with India to procure more vaccines at a proper price . India said it would give millions of vaccine doses to its South Asian neighbours, warm welcomed move and drawing their praise in what could prove a pushback against China’s activities in the regio
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KATHMANDU (Reuters) - The Himalayan nation of Nepal launched its largest immunisation campaign on Wednesday with its first coronavirus vaccinations for medical workers, following a gift of one million doses from giant neighbour India.
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Wearing a traditional black peaked cap and sleeveless red vest, a doctor at a teaching hospital in the capital, Kathmandu, became the first recipient of a dose taken from a bed of ice in a cubical blue cooler and injected by masked and gowned staff.
“We have a new weapon now and I hope we will be able to defeat the coronavirus soon,” said Dinesh Kafle, 50, after he was applauded by those queuing for their turn while he sat in a white-walled room before a poster advertising the campaign.
Nepal Begins Covid Inoculations With Indian Vaccine Nepal Begins Covid Inoculations With Indian Vaccine Wearing a traditional black peaked cap and sleeveless red vest, a doctor at a teaching hospital in the capital, Kathmandu, became the first recipient.
Health workers prepare to start vaccination against COVID-19 in Kathmandu.
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Nepal launched its largest immunisation campaign on Wednesday with its first coronavirus vaccinations for medical workers, following a gift of one million doses from India.
Wearing a traditional black peaked cap and sleeveless red vest, a doctor at a teaching hospital in the capital, Kathmandu, became the first recipient of a dose taken from a bed of ice in a cubical blue cooler and injected by masked and gowned staff.