{"id":11503,"date":"2021-12-11T17:39:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T11:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=11503"},"modified":"2021-12-11T17:39:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T11:54:22","slug":"over-20-million-doses-of-covid-19-vaccine-administered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=11503","title":{"rendered":"Over 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>KATHMANDU &#8211;<\/strong> The government has been accelerating vaccination drive against COVID-19 and has already administered 20,234,822 doses of the vaccines to various target groups till date.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Dr Samir Kumar Adhikari, joint spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population, among the beneficiaries, 11,066,464 received first dose while 9,168,358 were fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government has been providing around 200,000 doses of vaccine on a daily basis lately to bring as many as target groups under the ambit of the drive. A total of 329,321 people were administered the vaccine on last Friday alone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nepal first rolled out its COVID-19 vaccination drive on January 24 this year. The government has been procuring vaccines under the COVAX programme.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among the target group, 55.5 percent people got first dose while 46 per cent were fully vaccinated, said joint Spokesperson Adhikari.<br \/>\nDr Adhikari shared that while the government aims to vaccinate 19,922,164 people, a total of 29,453,730 doses of the vaccines have been imported as of now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATHMANDU &#8211; The government has been accelerating vaccination drive against COVID-19 and has already administered 20,234,822 doses of the vaccines to various target groups till date. 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