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COVID vaccine for elderly to be rolled out on June 8, 9 in Chitwan


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2021 Jun 07, 14:00, Chitwan
An elderly woman getting COVID-19 vaccine at the Ward Office in Pokhara Metropolitan City-6, Kaski district, on March 7, 2021. Photo: RSS

The third round of vaccination drive against COVID-19 will be conducted in Chitwan district on June 8 and 9 for elderly people within the age group of 62 to 64 years.

According to the Chitwan Health Office Chief Deepak Tiwari, Chitwan has received 11,000 doses of VeroCell vaccines manufactured by China.

The elderly citizens will be administered the vaccines in their own locality and necessary health safety protocols will be maintained during the vaccination drive, shared Tiwari.

A total of 39,000 people have received vaccines in the district having seven municipalities in the first and second phases.

Meanwhile, the first doses of Chinese vaccine Vero Cell will be administered to the elderly above 60 years to 64 years in Budhanilakantha Municipality in Kathmandu district on June 8, 9, and 10.

According to Budhanilakantha Municipality-10 Spokesperson and Ward Chair, Nawaj Bhattarai, the vaccination drive for the will be launched in all the wards of the Municipality from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm in the first phase.

The elderly willing to get inoculated could visit Ganesh Secondary School at ward 2, National Ideal Boarding School in ward 9, Mandikhatar and Bal Uddhar Secondary School ward 10 on those days, informed Bhattarai.

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