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Kathmandu, Aug 10 (EFE/EPA).-Elderly citizens in Nepal received Tuesday their second Covid-19 vaccine dose after Bhutan and Japan donated AstraZeneca vaccines through COVAX. Around 1.3 million elderly Nepalese people above the age of 65 received the first dose of AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria) in March 2021 but the inability of delivering vaccines by Serum Institute of India had pushed millions elderly people uncertainty for months. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA)SHOT LIST: COVID-19 VACCINATION DRIVE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS IN DURBAR SQUARE, KATHMANDU, NEPAL.
Lalitpur, Jun 23 (EFE/EPA).- The district of Lalitpur, south of Kathmandu, began Wednesday to vaccinate people over 77 years of age with the second dose of the Covishield vaccine .Nepal has registered more than 626,000 infections and 8,813 deaths from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.(Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA)SHOT LIST: SENIOR CITIZENS GET SECOND DOSE OF COVID-19 VACCINE IN LALITPUR, NEPAL.
Kathmandu, Feb 15 (EFE/EPA).-Hundreds of Buddhist monks in Nepal on Saturday attended a mass prayer for the victims of coronavirus at Boudhha stupa in Kathmandu.The event was organized by the famous Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche of Ka-Nying Monastery. Nepal has so far reported only one case of infection.The disease caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has been officially named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO). The outbreak, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has so far killed at least 1,526 people with over 67,000 infected worldwide, mostly in China. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA).FOOTAGE SHOWS THE MASS PRAYER FOR VICTIMS OF CORONAVIRUS AT BOUDHHA STUPA IN KATHMANDU, NEPAL.
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