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Nepal needs 8.8 million more vaccines against COVID-19



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By Srijana Khatri, Kathmandu, Mar 1: The government has estimated that Nepal still needs more than 8.8 million vaccines against the coronavirus.

It was initially estimated that more than 8,800,000 vaccines would be needed to administer the booster vaccine informed the Head of Supply Management Division of the Department of Health Services Dr Surendra Chaurasia informed.

The government has so far received 47,882,800 doses of vaccine from various sources including Vero cell, Covisild, AstraZeneca, Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson.