Oxford-AstraZeneca jab gets emergency use nod

Government should fulfil its promise to inoculate all eligible citizens, only allow private players to import if authorities can’t do so, experts say.

Nepal’s drug regulator on Friday granted emergency use approval to the Covid-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca and manufactured in India, paving the way for even private companies to import and sell the jab in the market.