The authorities announced that health workers working in the frontline would be prioritized as the Ministry of Health seeks to vaccinate 430,000 people during this week.
— Ministry of Health & Population, Nepal (@mohpnep)
January 27, 2021
"Inauguration program of vaccination campaign against Kovid-19."
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli inaugurated the COVID-19 vaccination during a virtual event broadcasted from 11 hospitals across the capital.
Nepal plans to buy 4 million of the AztraSeneca vaccines for the second phase of the campaign. Although cases have dropped to less than 4.000, there were reported 2000 fatalities this week.