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China-donated COVID-19 vaccines to arrive Nepal by tomorrow



KATHMANDU: As many as 800,000 dozes out of one million COVID-19 vaccines donated by China are arriving in Nepal by tomorrow, government officials have said.

According to the Office of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers, Chinese President Xi Jinping had pledged 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal during the telephone conversation on May 26.

Of them, 800,000 million dozes are arriving in Kathmandu by Tuesday night.

An airbus of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) will fly to Beijing to bring the vaccine at 11 pm today, according to the Office of the Prime Minister.

The NAC airbus will take off from Beijing at 10 am and arrive in Kathmandu by Tuesday night, said the Office of the Prime Minister.

Publish Date : 31 May 2021 07:07 AM

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