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A batch of one million Covishield vaccines developed by the Serum Institute of India was delivered to Nepal on Sunday via Air India flight.
Nepal to begin inoculation drive for elderlies as it receives COVID-19 vaccines from India ANI | Updated: Feb 21, 2021 22:36 IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], February 21 (ANI): Nepal has expedited preparations to start inoculating elderly and most vulnerable age groups from next month as it received a batch of COVID-19vaccines purchased from India.
A batch of one million Covishield vaccines developed by the Serum Institute of India (SII) was delivered on Sunday via an Air India flight. We had placed an order for two million doses. The first lot was promised to be delivered by fortnight but within four days we have received the first batch of our commercial purchase. We now stand amongst the nations which have expedited the purchase of vaccines around the globe, Mahendra Prasad Shresth
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said that though the government claims it will cover three crore people in the first round of the vaccination drive, it is yet to clarify if the remaining population of India will get a vaccine and whether they will get it for free.