KATHMANDU: The Government of Nepal has granted a “conditional emergency approval” for Sinopharm, a vaccine against coronavirus manufactured by China’s Beijing Institute of Biological Products.
The decision to this effect was taken on Wednesday, the Department of Drug Administration said.
China has said it would provide 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine under grant assistance to Nepal.
The Chinese vaccine is also a two-dose vaccine, and has already got conditional marketing approval in China.
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