Kathmandu. A flight of Nepal Airlines Corporation is going to China to bring vaccine against corona virus.

The corporation’s A-330 is about to go to Beijing to bring Verosel vaccine. Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Population, Dr. Krishna paudel, said that the vaccines will be brought through three flights from Thursday to July 25.

According to the Ministry of Health, the plane, which will leave China on Thursday evening, will deliver the Verosel vaccine to Kathmandu on Friday.

But a ministry spokesman said it was not yet clear how many dose would be brougt. Poudel said. “The flight will go to China three times to bring the vaccine,” he said.

The Ministry of Health is preparing to give priority to people under the age of 60 after the arrival of the vaccine in Nepal.

The government is about to buy Verosell vaccine from a Chinese synopharma company. The government has signed an agreement to purchase vaccines from China through government-to-government (GTG).

Covax facility will also be done soon

The ministry has also informed that the government will soon bring the vaccine through Covax facility. Ministry spokesperson Dr. Poudel said that the remaining vaccines are being prepared as per the commitment of Covax to provide vaccines to a population of 6 million.

Earlier, only 348,000 vaccines were received through Covax. So far 4.248 million vaccines have been received in Nepal.

A total of 22 million people over the age of 18 in Nepal are targeted to be vaccinated. So far, 851,300 people have been given the second dose and 261,807 people have been given the first dose.