To the relief of foreign job sector, single-shot J&J vaccine being given to migrant workers Kathmandu Post
Kathmandu, July 20 In a last minute change of plans, the Ministry of Health and Population on Monday started administering the single-shot Janssen vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson to migrant workers. The decision comes as some relief to the foreign employment sector, which has been hard hit by the pandemic.
Kathmandu Valley residents aged 50 to 54 were also administered the single-shot vaccine from Monday with the 1,534,850 doses of the jab the United States provided in grant assistance through the COVAX facility. The single-shot vaccine is also being given to disabled persons, refugees living in Nepal, and health officials and sanitation workers at health facilities.
Remittance inflow increased by 8.6 per cent to Rs 642.14 billion in the first eight months of the current fiscal year compared to the 1.5 per cent rise in the same period of the previous year.