Know the COVID-19 vaccination status of Nepal

KATHMANDU, Feb 20: At the time when Nepal is doing well with COVID-19 vaccination drive, children aged between 5 to 11 years old are yet to receive their vaccine. However, the government has already announced the vaccination for this age group.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), as many as 8.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines will be required to fully vaccinate this population.

Similarly, of 3,405,455 children aged between 12 to 17, 88 percent of this age group have received their first dose and 65 percent have been fully vaccinated against the disease.

Likewise, the Health Ministry has urged people older than 18 years who had received both doses of COVID-19 vaccine six months ago to get booster shots. So far, as many as 867,845 people have received the COVID-19 booster doses in the country.

How many doses of vaccine is Nepal expecting?

According to Surendra Chaurasiya, chief of the supplies management department under the department of health service, as many as 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine are in the pipeline with China. Likewise, 6.2 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines are in the process of shipment by Gavi and the COVAX facility. 

The government has set a target to have a fully vaccinated population older than 18 years by Mid-April, 2022. 

How many vaccines do we have in storage?

The government has currently 8,265,000 doses of COVID-19 stored at the central and provincial level.

COVID-19 vaccine only after a month of recovery from COVID-19 

In case of COVID-19 infection, The Health Ministry has urged to get vaccinated only after a month of recovery. 

What is COVID-19 vaccination status of Nepal?

So far as many as 36,881,989 people have received COVID-19 vaccine in Nepal. Of them, 17,864,516 are fully vaccinated. Besides, as many as 8,349,628 people have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. As per this data, 60.5 percent of the total population of the country is fully vaccinated and 73.1 percent have received their first dose of the vaccine.