China to supply more COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal: Chinese ambassador

July 13, 2021
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Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi on Monday pledged more COVID-19 vaccine shots to Nepal to help vaccinate the South Asian country in its battle against the pandemic.

China will deliver more vaccine doses to Nepal “in the coming days” as Kathmandu is now purchasing 4 million shots of China-made vaccine, Hou said at a press conference held via video link in Kathmandu, the Nepali capital.

“We will continue to provide more and more vaccines to Nepal,” Hou added. “Technically I can promise that, because the capability and capacity of the production now is increasing day by day in China.”

Due to a short supply of vaccines, Nepal has managed to administer single dose to only 2.61 million of its 30 million nationals as of Sunday, while just 1.04 million people have been inoculated twice, according to the country’s Ministry of Health and Population.