Know Nepal’s COVID-19 vaccination status

KATHMANDU, Jan 25: At least 29,424,756 doses of different COVID-19 shots have so far been administered in Nepal since the country began its vaccination campaign a year ago on January 27, 2021. 

Nepal has so far received a total of 40,388,840 doses of vaccines manufactured in different countries. 

Of the total shots administered, 53.6 percent of the total population (30 million) of the country have received at least one dose of the vaccine while 42.7 percent of the population have been inoculated with the complete dose. 

According to the latest updates released by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), 16,289,425 people received at least one dose of the vaccines as of Monday afternoon.

Nepal has been administering Chinese-made VeroCell, Japanese-made AstraZeneca, Swedish-made AstraZeneca and US-made Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. 

While the J & J vaccine needs to be administered a single dose, other vaccines provide complete protection only after two shots. 

According to the ministry, a total of 12,524,560 shots of Covishiled and AstraZeneca vaccines, 19,736,400 doses of VeroCell and 3,711,500 jabs of Janssen (J & J) have so far been offered. Similarly, 765,180 doses of Pfizer and 3,651,200 shots of Moderna vaccines have also been administered by Monday afternoon. 

As many as 168,969 people have received additional doses of the vaccines since the country began offering booster doses on January 17. Nepal has been giving booster shots to frontline workers and those people have completed six months after getting a second jab.

Source: Ministry of Health and Population