Team Europe for Covid

Covid-19 Vaccines handed over under the COVAX programme with Team Europe represented by the countries Austria, Czech Republic, Frannce, Greece and Italy at Ministry of Health and Population, Ram Shah Path on April 12, 2023 in the presence of EU Ambassador, Nona Deprez, Deputy Representative of UNICEF, Usha Mishra and Honorary Counsels from the respective nations. Health Secretary, Dr. Roshan Pokharel received the vaccinne support on Nepal Government's behalf. The handover event was followed by discussions on how to effectively mobilize the vaccine resources and protect the vulnerable population from the increasing Covid infections.

Nepal has received over 1.5 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccines donated by the governments of Austria, Czech Republic, France, Greece and Italy through the Covax facility. So far 83.1% of Nepal’s total population has been vaccinated against Covid-19 while 9,418,479 have received booster shots.