Health workers to be inoculated with COVID vaccines from Wednesday

KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Health and Population plans to inoculate health workers with vaccines against the coronavirus from Wednesday.

The Ministry of Health that has been preparing to launch a vaccination campaign from Wednesday has appointed coordinators for the vaccination campaign and management for all the seven provinces.

In coordination with Province Health Director, a coordinator has been appointed in each province to facilitate the vaccination campaign and management.

Meanwhile, preparation is on to send the COVID-19 vaccines to all seven provinces.

The one million doses of vaccines were received from India under grant assistance on Thursday.

According to Spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, these vaccines were now kept at the cold store of the Health Service Department, Teku and gradually they are being dispatched to all provinces.

Gautam added that the vaccines would be reached all districts from the respective provinces and all provinces will receive the vaccines on Sunday.

Three hundred hospitals across the country will manage to provide vaccination services.

Similarly, over 10 hospitals will manage vaccination services in the Kathmandu valley.

The Ministry shares that health persons, security personnel, ambulance drivers, workers involved in managing the dead bodies of COVID infected among other front line workers would be prioritized for the vaccination for the first round.

The vaccine is completed in two rounds between the gaps of four weeks from the beginning.

The Ministry has made preparations to complete the first round within a week. The vaccine is found 70 percent effective in India.