China pledges an additional 2 mn Covid vaccines to Nepal


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During a telephone conversation with his Nepali counterpart Dr Narayan Khadka on Tuesday, Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the announcement to provide the Vero Cell vaccines manufactured in China. China, so far, is the largest provider of vaccines to Nepal - both as grants and commercial deals. As of now, Nepal has administered 8.3 million China-made Vero Cell Covid vaccines manufactured by Sinopharm. Out of this, half were gifted by the Chinese government. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang and Khadka held an hour-long telephone conversation on Tuesday morning, where they discussed the entire...