Nepal: Covid-19 vaccination roll out for 5-12 age group

Jun 24, 2022

Kathmandu (Nepal), June 24 (ANI): Nepal has started COVID vaccination for the age group of 5-12 years from Thursday. Students stood in a queue at their school to get their first dose of the anti-COVID vaccine as the vaccination began in 27 out of 77 districts in the first phase of the inoculation drive. The vaccine facility is being provided by the United States. According to the health ministry, a total of 1300 vaccination centres have been designated to facilitate and vaccinate about 3.9 Million children through the campaign. In the Kathmandu district, as many as 190,000 children of the targeted age group will get vaccinated at their respective schools. Nepal started the formal roll-out after receiving 2.2 million doses of the vaccine on June 19 with the assistance of the United States through the COVAX facility. Under the vaccination campaign, children between the age group from 27 districts will be administered the first dose from June 23 to 29 and the second dose from July 18 to 24. Likewise, in the second phase, the first dose will be administered to children of 50 districts from August 21 to 27 and the second dose from September 12 to 17.