NAC aircraft flying to China today to get 4.4 million vaccines

KATHMANDU: The government will bring 4.4 million doses of verocell vaccine purchased from China on Friday. A wide-body aircraft of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is going to China on Thursday night at 11 PM to bring the vaccine.

Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Population, Dr Roshan Pokharel, shared that the purchased vaccine will be brought from China on Friday. Of the 6 million vaccines purchased by the government, 1.6 million vaccines have already been brought in.

General Manager of the  NAC, Dimprakash Poudel said that the wide-body plane will leave for China at 11 pm tonight to get the vaccine. According to him, the aircraft will arrive in Nepal tomorrow at 2 pm with the vaccine.

So far, 13.3 million vaccines have been received in Nepal. The government is preparing to bring 10 million more vaccines by mid-October.