Nepal receives first batch of vaccines from Tibet thehimalayantimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehimalayantimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Kathmandu, May 30 Nepal Airlines Corporation has said that its aircraft would fly to Beijing on Monday to take delivery of a portion of the Chinese vaccines to be received in a grant from the northern neighbour."The Health Ministry has asked us to bring 800,000 doses of vaccines from China," said Dim Prasad Poudel, managing director of the national flag carrier. "Our plane is scheduled to take off for Beijing on Monday night and return.
Beijing announces vaccine aid amid Kathmandu s hectic diplomatic push Kathmandu Post
Kathmandu, May 27 Amid no let-up in coronavirus cases, Nepal s vaccine needs have just grown. Lately, the government, according to officials, has been trying every possible measure to acquire vaccines-from anywhere, at any cost.
And on Wednesday came a sudden announcement from the north. China said that it would provide 1 million doses of vaccine to Nepal under grant assistance. During today s phone conversation with Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that China will provide 1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Nepal under grant assistance, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi announced on Twitter.
China to provide 1m vaccine doses to Nepal under grant assistance thehimalayantimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehimalayantimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The decision comes amid regional geopolitical churn and a deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. How Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli navigates both will determine his future.