
Kathmandu, 21 August: The remaining doses of AstraZeneca vaccine Japan pledged for Nepal through COVAX Facility arrived in Kathmandu today. The last consignment is arriving on August 23. The half of approximately 1.6 million doses were already delivered to Nepal on August 7 and 8 and have 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 of Japan to Nepal Kikuta Yutaka has stated that “The vaccine donation is a symbol of friendship between Japan and Nepal. Japan is a country which keeps her words and I am pleased all the more that Japan will provide actually more than pledged 1.6 million doses vaccines. We deeply appreciate the dedication and hard work of all related organizations in international community.”
People's News Monitoring Service
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