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Nepal to receive 1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from India.

East Coast Daily | 20/01/2021 07:34 PM | Click to read full article

India will be granting one million doses of coronavirus vaccine to Nepal on January 21 under VaccineMaitri, said Hridayesh Tripathi, Nepal Health Minister, on Wednesday.

While reemphasizing India-Nepal’s friendship, the Minister said that the first batch of vaccines will be on grant assistance. As per India’s Neighbourhood First policy, till now Bhutan and Maldives have been transmitted the gift of coronavirus vaccines.

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