Author: Himalaya Post

Thirty-five thousand people deputed in frontline in treatment of patients and sanitation workers would be vaccinated with Covishield vaccine in Province 1. A total of 35,576 people including 34,851 health workers and staffs, women health volunteers of government and private hospitals under the Province 1 would administer the vaccines against COVID-19. Administrative Officer of Provincial Health Supply Management Centre, Biratnagar, Kashiraj Parajuli, said that they have received only 9,600 viles vaccine in the first phase sent by the health Service Department under the Ministry of Health and Population. He added that the centre has received the vaccine sent for 16 districts of Province 1 and Siraha and Saptari districts of Province 2. A total of 14,003 health workers and employees of government and private hospitals of Taplejung, 831 of Dhankuta, 1,237 of Udayapur, 1,176 of Bhojpur, 12,056 of Morang, 1,690 of Ilam, 1,366 of Okhaldhunga, 1,600 of Khotang, 4,977 of Jhapa, 723 of Tehrathum, 949 of Sankhuwasabha, 686 of Solu, 5233 of Sunsari and 5924 of Panchthar of Province 1 would be vaccinated....

The COVID-19 vaccine, ‘Covishield’, provided by India under grant assistance has arrived in Karnali Province. The 11 thousand 780 doses of the vaccine supplied by the Federal Government has been brought to Surkhet on Monday. Earlier, the vaccines were kept in cold store in Nepalgunj. The Provincial Health Services Directorate has made preparation to administer the vaccines from Wednesday. Director at the Directorate Dr Rabin Khadka said the vaccines would be administered by making the 12 hospitals of Karnali as the vaccination centres. According to him, the vaccination would be carried out at the eight district hospitals as well as the Provincial Hospital at Birendranagar, the Mehalkuna Hospital Surkhet, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences Jumla and Chaurajahari Community Hospital Paschim Rukum as the vaccination centres. The vaccines would be transported by air from Nepalgunj to the mountainous districts of the Province, namely, Humla, Jumla, Mugu and Dolpa while it would be supplied by roadway from Surkhet to the remaining districts. Around 24 thousand doses of the vaccine has arrived in the first phase, Khadka said. The health workers, sanitation workers, security personnel deputed for managing the dead bodies of the infected persons, ambulance drivers and the women health volunteers would be vaccinated in the first phase....