Kathmandu, August 5
Japan confirms around 800,000 dozes of the AstraZeneca vaccines made in the country will arrive in Nepal this Saturday and Sunday as a grant assistance from the Tokyo government to Kathmandu.
Whereas Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu has announced that Japan will provide 1.6 million doses of the Japan-made to Nepal to fight the pandemic, approximately half will be delivered in Kathmandu by Sunday, the Japanese Embassy in Kathmandu informs in a statement.
“The latter half of the Japanese-donated vaccines for Nepal will be shipped to Kathmandu in due course, under the arrangements with the relevant organisations,” the embassy assures.
As Covishield was also an AstraZeneca type, the vaccine to be provided by Japan could be administered to the people aged 65 and above who are waiting for the second dose of the Covishield Covid-19 vaccine for the past few months.
