updated: May 26 2021, 22:39 ist
Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Wednesday appealed to her Indian and Chinese counterparts to help her country in getting uninterrupted supply of Covid-19 vaccines as it faces a huge shortage of the coronavirus shots, according to media reports.
President Bhandari wrote to her Indian counterpart President Ram Nath Kovind to help Nepal with the matter,
The Himalayan Times reported.
She communicated to President Kovind via a diplomatic channel, requesting him to take initiative to provide the vaccines, it said.
President Bhandari also thanked India for providing vaccines under India s Vaccine Maitri initiative and the COVAX facility.
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