COVAX

Limited supplies remain a problem, but experts say other challenges now include unpredictable deliveries, weak health care systems and vaccine hesitancy.

Half of the world's population is currently fully vaccinated against COVID-19, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides said on Wednesday.

An additional number of 8,62,080 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in Nepal on Monday.

A total of 1.3 million vaccines provided by France and Italy through COVAX have arrived in Nepal today to assist in the Government of Nepal's vaccination campaign against COVID-19.

A team of scientists has identified an important place of vulnerability on influenza viruses. The research has been published in the 'Nature Journal'.

Surendra Chaurasia, head of the supply management branch of the health service department, said that 664,650 doses of Pfizer vaccine were received this morning under the COVAX facility.

The Israeli government on Wednesday said it was donating 1 million coronavirus vaccines to the U.N.-backed COVAX program.

The government aims to vaccinate 19,922,164 people in Nepal. Dr. Adhikari, the Joint Spokesperson of the Ministry, said that 29,453,730 vaccines have been received.

World Health Organization warned Monday that the global risk from the omicron variant is “very high” based on the early evidence.