Health Ministry says ongoing Covid-19 vaccination will not stop

While several countries in Europe have reported side effects and suspended use of the AstraZeneca vaccine, no serious adverse effects have been seen in Nepal.

At a time when several countries in Europe have suspended administering the Covid-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical company, Nepal says there is no reason to halt its ongoing immunisation drive.