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Citizens aged 65 and above to get Covid-19 vaccines from Sunday



KATHMANDU: The government has revised its priority list of people to get vaccine against coronavirus.

The government had earlier decided to vaccinate senior citizens above the age of 55 in the next phase of the vaccination from March 7.

According to the Department of Health Services, citizens above 65 will only get the vaccines from Sunday.

However, no age bar has been fix for people in the mountainous region, it added.

Publish Date : 05 March 2021 22:10 PM

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