Kathmandu, 20 August: The remaining doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine that Japan pledged for Nepal through the COVAX facility are expected to arrive in Kathmandu on 21 and 23 August. Half of approximately 1.6 million doses were already delivered to Nepal on 7 and 8 August and has been used in the current vaccination campaign. The exact amount of vaccine donated from Japan to Nepal will be 1,614,740 doses in total. Ambassador Kikuta stated, “The vaccine donation is a symbol of friendship between Japan and Nepal. Japan is a country that keeps its words and I am pleased all the more that Japan will provide actually more than pledged 1.6 million doses of vaccines by the end of August. We deeply appreciate the dedication and hard work of all related organizations in the international community.” The Embassy of Japan is working together with the Nepal government and COVAX, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO, and the international community against the COVID-19 pandemic as well as for the progress of post-COVID society and economy of Nepal. People’s News Monitoring Service