Nepal receives more China-donated COVID-19 vaccines
Xinhua
02 Jun 2021, 02:30 GMT+10
KATHMANDU, June 1 (Xinhua) In a major boost to its faltering vaccination drive against COVID-19, Nepal on Tuesday received more vaccines granted by China. A Nepal Airlines plane carrying a batch of Chinese vaccine arrived in Kathmandu on Tuesday afternoon from Beijing, Dim Prasad Poudel, managing director of the airline, told Xinhua. Meanwhile, the Himalaya Airlines, a Nepal-China joint venture based in Kathmandu, announced on the same day that it is bringing another batch of shots donated by China s Tibet Autonomous Region. The government of Nepal sincerely appreciates and thanks the government of the People s Republic of China and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China for providing the life-saving vaccines at this trying time, the Foreign Ministry of Nepal said in a press release.
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China to provide 500,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to Nepal IANS
Kathmandu: China has announced that it will provide half a million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to Nepal.
During a phone call with his Nepali counterpart Pradeep Kumar Gyawali on Friday evening, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced that Beijing will provide the 500,000 doses in a grant.
During the call, the two Ministers discussed vaccine-related cooperation among others, according to the Foreign Ministry of Nepal.
Gyawali said that the Nepali government and people are grateful for China’s timely and valuable vaccine aid.
Earlier this week, the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu had announced that it would provide 300,000 vaccines to the Himalayan nation.