Indian Army gifts 1 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses to Nepal Army

Nepal Army on Sunday received one lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the Indian Army, the Nepal Army said. Nine packages of Covishield vaccines, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII) arrived in Kathmandu late on Sunday evening via an Air India flight. Earlier in March, Nepal received 3,48,000 doses of made-in-India COVID-19 vaccines under the COVAX initiative.