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Japan to provide 1.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Nepal



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By TRN Online, Kathmandu, July 13: The government of Japan has announced to provide 1.6 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to Nepal.

Issuing a press statement, the Embassy of Japan in Nepal informed that Japan was providing anti-coronavirus vaccines as grant assistance to Nepal.

Addressing the nation for the last time on Tuesday, outgoing Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli also mentioned that Japan was providing COVID-19 vaccines under grant assistance.

The vaccines will be administered to 1.4 million senior citizens who are waiting to receive their second jab.