{"id":5305,"date":"2021-01-19T17:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T11:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=5305"},"modified":"2021-01-19T17:01:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T11:16:19","slug":"india-to-provide-nepal-covid-vaccines-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=5305","title":{"rendered":"India to provide Nepal Covid vaccines free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>KATHMANDU &#8211;<\/strong> India is planning to provide Nepal Covid-19 vaccines for free. According to Indian media, the Indian government is considering giving Nepal Covishield vaccines manufactured by Serum India Institute.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the Indian government has not decided the quantity to be provided, Nepal will receive free doses of Covishield from its southern neighbor. Earlier on Friday, Nepal\u2019s medicine regulatory authority Department of Drug Administration had decided to grant emergency use authorization of Covishield vaccine against Covid-19 in Nepal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">India has already announced that it was providing Bangladesh 2 million doses of vaccines as a gift. Getting Covid-19 vaccine was also an important agenda of discussion with Indian side during last week\u2019s three-day visit of Nepal\u2019s Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali to India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOn Nepal\u2019s request for the Government of India\u2019s support in availing Covid-19 vaccines, the Indian side assured that the requirements of Nepal would be in priority consideration after the roll-out of vaccines,\u201d read the statement issued by Nepal\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs after the sixth meeting of the India-Nepal Joint Commission on January 15.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, India had not confirmed its assurance in its statement issued separately after the joint commission meeting. \u201cNepal congratulated India on the remarkable success in production of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines in India and requested for early provision of vaccines to Nepal,\u201d read the statement of India\u2019s Ministry of External Affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATHMANDU &#8211; India is planning to provide Nepal Covid-19 vaccines for free. According to Indian media, the Indian government is considering giving Nepal Covishield vaccines manufactured by Serum India Institute. While the Indian government has not decided the quantity to be provided, Nepal will receive free doses of Covishield from its southern neighbor. 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