November 10: A meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Monday approved the purchase of 6 million doses of Pfizer vaccines. Earlier, the Ministry of Health and Population had submitted a proposal in the cabinet to make the purchase of vaccines.

The Ministry of Health and Population is planning to bring 6 million doses of vaccines for children up to 18 years of age by upcoming December. More than 100,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines have been brought to Nepal via the Covax facility. Those vaccines are planned to be given to chronically ill children from 12 to 18 years of age from November 14.

Minister for Communications and Information Technology and the spokesperson of government, Gyanendra Bahadur Karki on Tuesday announced the decisions taken by the cabinet meeting. Minister Karki reiterated the government’s commitment to vaccinate every age group from children to the elderly.