The government will administer Covishield vaccine to the second group on the list of priorities, in the Second phase of vaccination drive from February 14. 

Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Population, Prof Dr Jageshwor Gautam said that second priority persons would be vaccinated from February 14-20. The vaccine will be administered to such persons from the districts.

Around 300,000 persons under second priority will be inoculated, he added. The vaccine will be administered from hospitals and health institutions.

District-based all government employees, employees of public corporations, banks and financial institutions, district-based journalists, people’s representatives, staffs of local levels, security personnel deputed at border security posts will be vaccinated.

Although there was a plan to inoculate 430 thousand people included in first priority under the first phase vaccination, 184 thousand took the jab. The vaccines left after the first phase inoculation have been administered to the journalists and the officials and staffs of the diplomatic missions since February 8. The vaccines would be administered to them until Friday.

The government has the plan of vaccinating 72 per cent of the total population. Among this population, the Ministry vaccinated only the persons under the first priority out of the three per cent of the total population from January 27 to February 6.

The Government of India has provided one million vaccines to Nepal as grant assistance. Similarly, the Government of China is also providing 500 thousand doses of vaccines against COVID-19.