About 2.3 million paediatric doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in Nepal today from the COVAX facility.
The doses will be administered to the children from age 5 to 11.
Dr Surendra Chaurasia, Chief of the Logistic management section of the Department of Health Service, informed that from the COVAX facility Pfizer Biontech’s 2,299,200 paediatric doses have arrived in Nepal.
The government launched a vaccination campaign for children from June 23 to 29 across the 27 districts in the first phase.
Dr Chaurasia said that today received vaccines will be administered to the children who were left during the first phase campaign and vaccines will also be used as a second dose.
Source : TRN,
