COVAX

Around one million children, above five years of age, have not received even a single dose of the vaccine in Nepal, citing the country's Ministry of Health and Population.

The government has said that Pfizer's new vaccine (bivalent vaccine), for Omicron, will arrive in Nepal in the week following February 13.

Nepal will be receiving 1.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines (for booster dose) from the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization (GAVI) next month.

The United States on Friday donated nine million pediatric and adult doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Pakistan.

Limited supplies remain a problem, but experts say other challenges now include unpredictable deliveries, weak health care systems and vaccine hesitancy.

Half of the world's population is currently fully vaccinated against COVID-19, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides said on Wednesday.

An additional number of 8,62,080 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in Nepal on Monday.

A total of 1.3 million vaccines provided by France and Italy through COVAX have arrived in Nepal today to assist in the Government of Nepal's vaccination campaign against COVID-19.

A team of scientists has identified an important place of vulnerability on influenza viruses. The research has been published in the 'Nature Journal'.