60 to 64-year-olds to get Chinese jabs as WHO urges world to give shots to Nepal

With health system bursting at the seams and a third wave likely, the world must show the same level of generosity that Nepalis have showered on visitors for years, UN body says.

The grant of one million doses of Covid-19 vaccines from China, most of which arrived on Tuesday, may provide some respite from the ongoing second wave of the pandemic as people between 60 and 64 years of age will be inoculated with them.