Nepal to resume COVID-19 vaccination drive after arrival of Chinese vaccines

Doses of the Sinopharm coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are pictured on February 26, 2021. [Photo/Agencies] KATHMANDU – The Nepali government has decided to administer the COVID-19 vaccine donated by China on Wednesday amid resurging cases of novel coronavirus in the Himalayan country, an official of the Ministry of Health and Population said. On March 29, a batch of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines developed by Sinopharm was delivered to Nepal. “The Chinese vaccine will be inoculated among people starting from Wednesday,” Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson at the health ministry, told a press conference. “Those involved in essential services, students studying in China under…