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Bhutan provides to Nepal 300,000 AstraZeneca vaccine

Kathmandu: Bhutan is to provide 300,000 doses of vaccine against corona virus to Nepal. After Bhutan vaccinated the target group, Nepal will be assisted by the vaccine of AstraZeneca.

“Preparations are being made to bring the vaccine from Bhutan soon,” said a senior government official. “Initiatives are being taken at the government level through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through diplomatic channels.”

In Bhutan, which has a population of 780,000, the United States has provided 500,000 modern, 5,850 Pfizer and 250,000 Astra under the Covax facility.

The issue of importing vaccines from Bhutan was also discussed at a meeting of the Covid-19 Crisis Management Committee (CCMC) on Friday. The CCMC has suggested to the government that the vaccine could be used as a second dose for citizens 65 years of age and older who received the first dose of Covisild last year. “It is estimated that the second dose will be given to senior citizens in Kathmandu from Bhutan,” the official said.

It has been four and a half months since senior citizens were vaccinated with the first dose of AstraZeneca. Despite receiving the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine from India, the second dose could not come after the Indian Supreme Court banned exports and the infection spread rapidly there.

The government administered the first dose of AstraZeneca to about 1.4 million senior citizens last February. Although 300,000 doses will come from Bhutan, another 1.1 million doses are still needed. According to government officials, the vaccine will be administered from Japan after the Tokyo Olympics. The Tokyo Olympics are coming to an end on July 24.

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