{"id":5444,"date":"2021-01-27T11:45:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T06:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=5444"},"modified":"2021-01-27T11:45:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T06:00:40","slug":"dr-sagar-raj-bhandari-of-teku-hospital-receives-first-jab-as-covid-vaccination-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=5444","title":{"rendered":"Dr Sagar Raj Bhandari of Teku Hospital receives first jab as Covid vaccination kicks off\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">KATHMANDU:\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr Sagar Rajbhandari, Director at Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Diseases in Teku, has been administered the first Covid vaccine in Nepal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr Rajbhandari received the first jab of Covishield in Teku as part of the government campaign to vaccinate frontline responders in the first phase that kicked off today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli launched the vaccination campaign through a video conference from Baluwatar today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr Anup Bastola, the chief consultant at the hospital, was second in line to be given the Covid-19 vaccine gifted by India.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government plans to administer the Covishield vaccine to 400 frontline responders today from Teku Hospital as part of a plan to inoculate 430,000 people in the first phase. 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