गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Nepal ∕ India provides Nepal 1 million doses of Covid vaccine free Nepal India provides Nepal 1 million doses of Covid vaccine free Frontline respondents including health workers and security personnels to receive the jab in the first phase, according to Health Minister Tripathi KathmanduPati January 20, 2021 KATHMANDU: India has provided Nepal 1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine. The Indian government is handing over the consignment of 1 million doses of Covishield vaccines manufactured by Serum India Institute as a gift to Nepal tommorrow. Organizing a press meet at the Ministry of Health and Population in the capital on Wednesday, Health Minister Hridayesh Tripathi announced that India was donating Nepal the free Covid vaccine. Indian Ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatta was also present in the press meet. Speaking at the press meet, Health Minister Tripathi said that frontline responders including health workers, security personnel and garbage workers among others would receive the Covid jab in the first phase. Earlier on Friday, Nepal’s medicine regulatory authority Department of Drug Administration had decided to grant emergency use authorization of Covishield vaccine against Covid-19 in Nepal. Write your comments RELATED NEWS Nepal government reaches deal with Hindu protesters India, China resume Lipulekh trade despite Nepal protest Nirmal Purja, world-renowned British-Nepali mountaineer killed in Pakistan avalanche Nimsdai transformed global mountaineering beyond records and summits Govt and Hindu organizations sign 13-point agreement Nepal partially eases curfew in Siraha’s Golbazar area Top Headlines Monsoon is predictable and Nepal’s disaster response should be too1 Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative2 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns3 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms4 Nepal’s Political Renaissance: The rise of the RSP, the re-ordering of the old political order and the political path forward5 Promotion Linked to Future Military Leadership: Major General Magar Could Become Army Chief6 Jagdamba Group Chairman Shankar Agrawal Arrested7 ‘Promotion of Ayurveda, Yoga and meditation along with modern medicine positive’8 TRENDING Once on the Margins, Women Diplomats Are Now Making Their Mark in Nepal’s Foreign Service Sector What Makes Prithivi Narayan Shah a Philosopher and a Truly Democratic King? A phone call that paved the way for RAW Chief’s visit to Nepal National Poet Madhav Prasad Ghimire no more Nepal Army’s mission in Lebanon provides Covid support kits to local municipalities Why Are Boys Unexpressive? We need to be serious about the international scenario post-Covid: Dr. Nischal N. Pandey Forbes-listed billionaire Binod Chaudhary tests positive for coronavirus