Nepal working to set up facilities to store over 1.5 million doses of Pfizer vaccine

Health Ministry has bought 6 million doses of the vaccine. UNICEF, USAID and FHI have promised to provide ultra-cold freezers that can store the vaccine at minus 60 to 80 degrees Celsius.

With Nepal set to receive six million doses of Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine, which the government procured from the US, authorities have started preparations to set up ultra-cold storage facilities for the jabs.