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Articles tagged with #AstraZeneca
From scarce vaccines, to storage shortage in Nepal
The 4.1 million doses of Moderna and J&J vaccines sent by Germany via COVAX facility arrived in Kathmandu this week. Photo: UNICEFTill a few…
Omicron may not be as risky, but take care
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIThe fact that Omicron was detected in an individual who had arrived in Nepal five days before the new variant was first…
Nepal needs to prepare for new Covid wave
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIAfter a dozen or so people were admitted to a hospital in Delhi with suspected omicron strain of Covid, neighbouring Nepal…
EU to share 200 million vaccines by 2021
Photo: UNICEF NEPALThe European Union has renewed its committment to sharing more than 200 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines with low and…
Vaccines, variants and a third wave
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIFor the first time in weeks, Nepal recorded more than 3,000 new cases on 20 July. There were 25 deaths. The country is on…
Vaccines start trickling into Nepal
Much-delayed vaccine supplies to Nepal appear to be picking up after another lot of Chinese Sinopharm vaccines arrived in Kathmandu on Friday,…
Nepal-Bhutan vaccine appeal to European Commission
A group of European, Nepali and Bhutanese personalities have sent an open letter to the European Commission, asking it to allow member states to…
Vaccines too little, too late for Nepal?
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAThere is breaking news every other day: the United States donates 2 million Moderna shots to Bangladesh and Pakistan.…
Job-seekers now also jab-seekers
Migrant workers, including Nepalis, in Kuwait after being vaccinated. A Nepali worker gets his jab (right). Source: Ram Bahadur BasnetIn…
“I’m sad vaccines are delayed in Nepal”
Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIThe Covid-19 pandemic has already claimed the lives of 3.5 million people, worldwide, according to the World Health…
Vacillating on vaccines
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIThe flood of social media posts of donated medical supplies being unloaded at Kathmandu airport every day, gives the…
It’s an Emergency
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASI1. Oxygen To save lives, Nepal’s most urgent need now is oxygen. Not just cylinders, but oxygen generators, concentrators…
"Nepal is a priority for vaccine shipments"
Special interview in Saglo Samaj tv magazine program with Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali, who is also a member of the government’s Covid-19…
"Nepal is a priority for vaccine shipments"
Special interview in Saglo Samaj tv magazine program with Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali, who is also a member of the government’s Covid-19…
No AstraZeneca list: US
Photo: UNICEF The United States Embassy in Kathmandu has denied that there is a list of 20 countries that are being considered as potential…
No AstraZeneca list: US
Photo: UNICEF The United States Embassy in Kathmandu has denied that there is a list of 20 countries that are being considered as potential…
1st signs of the 2nd wave in Nepal
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASINepalis had started to heave a sigh of relief with the start of the vaccine drive in January, but the latest surge in…
Despite doubts, Nepal sticks with AstraZeneca jabs
A health worker in Jumla administers Covidshield AstraZeneca vaccine to an elderly this week. Photo: LAXMI NGAKHUSI/UNICEF NEPALOver 1.6 million…
Next up for vaccines: elderly Nepalis
The first frontline health workers being inoculated with Covishield last week in Kathmandu from the 1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine…
90% in poor countries will miss Covid vaccinations
The introduction of vaccines against the coronavirus have been described as the light at the end of the tunnel. But for most of the poorest…
90% in poor countries will miss Covid vaccinations
The introduction of vaccines against the coronavirus have been described as the light at the end of the tunnel. But for most of the poorest…