By Our Reporter
Kathmandu, 13 July: Japan has decided to donate around 1.6 million doses of the Japanese-made COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine for Nepal as a grant through the COVAX facility, which is officially announced today by Motegi Toshimitsu, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan.
The exact shipping schedule will be confirmed once the procurement arrangement will be finalized by the international organization which is in charge of the matter.
Kikuta Yutaka, ambassador of Japan stated that this is a reflection of long time friends of Nepal toward Japan. He has welcomed the decision by Tokyo as the vaccine is urgently needed to save the lives of many Nepali people. The ambassador has hoped that the vaccination drive will ease down various difficulties caused by the COVID-19 situation.
Those Japanese-made AstraZeneca vaccines will effectively assist the second injection of elderly people who already had the first vaccination of Covisheld, the AstraZeneca-type vaccine produced by Serum Institute of India. Furthermore, it would be also useful to proceed with the vaccination campaign for the young generations who are not yet vaccinated.
The Embassy of Japan has been working with the Government of Nepal to tackle COVID-19 together by assisting Nepali hospitals with medical equipment in multiple ways.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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