Nepal To Get 500,000 Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine From China Under Grant Assistance


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China will provide 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal on a grant basis, officials here said on Saturday, supplying the first batch of vaccine aid for the Himalayan nation. During a telephonic conversation with his Nepali counterpart Pradeep Gyawali on Friday evening, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi assured that China would accord priority to Nepal in vaccine cooperation, according to a press statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here. Wang announced that China will provide 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Nepal on a grant basis, it said. According to a report by the official Chinese news...