Nepal appeals for Covid-19 vaccines as coronavirus cases rise, South Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

KATHMANDU (REUTERS) – Nepal urgently needs at least 1.6 million AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine doses to administer second shots as the Himalayan country is recording a surge in new coronavirus cases. “People who have already got the first dose will be in difficulty if they don’t receive their second dose within the stipulated time,” said Dr Samir Adhikari, a senior official of the Ministry of Health and Population in capital Kathmandu. On Monday, Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli urged foreign donors to supply vaccines and critical care medicines to prevent a collapse of the small country’s creaky health infrastructure. Nepal, wedged…