गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Nepal ∕ Second dose of COVID-19 vaccination from April 20 to 24 Nepal Second dose of COVID-19 vaccination from April 20 to 24 KathmanduPati March 18, 2021 File photo KATHMANDU – The Ministry of Health and Population has said the second dose of vaccine against COVID-19 would be administered to people who have taken the first dose from April 20 to 24. A meeting of the Ministry’s Incident Command System (ICS) took a decision to this effect on Wednesday. Accordingly, the persons who took the jab from January 27 to February 10 in the first phase will be innoculated with the second dose from April 20 to 24. Four hundred and twenty-nine thousand people had been vaccinated in the first phase. Ministry spokesperson Dr Jageshwor Gautam said a notice would be published later for administering the second dose vaccines to the people who were administered the first dose vaccines from March 7 to 16 under the second phase vaccination drive. Senior citizens above 65 years were vaccinated under the second phase vaccination. Similarly, Dr Gautam said a notice would be issued later for administering the first dose vaccines to people between 55 years to 64 years who are included in the second priority. He said the daily press conference that the Ministry had been holding would be now done on two days a week – on Sunday and Wednesday only. Write your comments RELATED NEWS Nepal Supreme Court summons government over ‘Green Army’ legitimacy Nepal PM vows no shortage of funds for flood recovery Nepal floods cause over Rs 2.2 billion in farm, livestock… Flash flood warning issued for 21 Nepal districts Nepal PM meets local representatives from flood-hit crisis zones Experts urge climate-resilient reconstruction after Bhotekoshi disaster Top Headlines Monsoon is predictable and Nepal’s disaster response should be too1 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms2 Promotion Linked to Future Military Leadership: Major General Magar Could Become Army Chief3 When the State Pulls the Trigger, Who Answers ?4 Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative5 Nepal’s Political Renaissance: The rise of the RSP, the re-ordering of the old political order and the political path forward6 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns7 Jagdamba Group Chairman Shankar Agrawal Arrested8 TRENDING Distribution of Melamchi water resumes Nepali football player in Dhaka contracts COVID-19 Second dose of COVID-19 vaccination from April 20 to 24 Fifty people succumb to COVID-19 in Gandaki province National Census: collection of data including financial access President Bhandari insists on effective justice delivery Koshi Hospital highly prioritized by government: Health Minister Today’s weather forecast, Kathmandu to see rainfall
