Nepal requests early provision of COVID-19 vaccines, India assures priority Nepal has lauded India over its vaccination drive sa...
Nepal has lauded India over its vaccination drive saying that India is a frontrunner in starting vaccinating people against COVID-19 and this has given Kathmandu "great hope". On January 15 (Friday), Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali had said that Nepal
India and Nepal had on Friday held Joint Commission meeting which was co-chaired by Gyawali and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. Nepal congratulated India "on the remarkable success" in the production of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines in India and requested for early provision of vaccines, Ministry of External Affairs said in a release.
Though the detailed inoculation plan of Nepal Government is yet to be disclosed, a total of three companies applied for approval to take steps forward with Serum Institute for import of vaccines. India has already made conditional emergency approval for Covishield manufactured by the Serum Institute. Being one of the largest producers of vaccines at low cost, India has promised to provide vaccine to its neighbours in near future, added ANI.
As per a report by Hindustan Times, the Narendra Modi government has given assurances to Nepal that it will be among the first nations to receive India's vaccines. HT added that the supply schedule of the vaccines will be announced in the coming week. It also stated that this development was informed to Gyawali during his India visit.
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