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The first batch of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines purchased by the Nepali government arrived in the capital of Kathmandu on Friday in a major boost to the Himalayan country's stagnating vaccination drive. "A plane of Nepal Airlines carrying the Chinese vaccines landed at Tribhuvan International Airport at 7 a.m. on Friday," Dim Prasad Poudel, managing director of Nepal Airlines, told Xinhua. "More flights for Beijing are scheduled for July 15 and July 22 to bring additional vaccine doses from China." It is the first time the South Asian country has purchased COVID-19 vaccine doses from China. According to officials from Nepal's...
