Nepal joins the race to get the vaccine. But when and how is still up in the air

Writing to foreign governments is all good, but the government needs to be proactive in acquiring it as the whole world is in the queue, and legwork here for storage and transport is needed, experts say.

The promising news is that various international companies have finally found coronavirus vaccines, with at least five firms completing the third phase trials or getting close to doing so. Concern in Nepal, however, is when they will be available for the masses.