Nepal will receive 10.2 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines by mid-October

 Nepal will receive 10.2 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines by mid-October, claimed minister of state for Health and Population Umesh Shrestha.

Addressing the House of Representatives (HoR) meeting today, state minister said that Nepal has so far received 10,860,170 doses of Covid-19 vaccines and is going to receive an additional 10.2 million doses by mid-October, and 30.23 million by mid-February, next year. "By February next year, Nepal will have received 50.23 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines."

State Minister Shrestha also maintained that the government has already begun processes to procure Covid-19 vaccines for children and will be inoculating them with the vaccines soon.

Nepal today recorded 3,260 new cases of Covid-19 and 32 deaths. The past one week has seen above 20 per cent infection among the tested, which is more than the previous week.