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Nepal

Focused COVID-19 Media Monitoring, Nepal (December 15, 2021)

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EMERGING THEME(S):

  • Nepal reported 229 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths on December 14
  • Nepal Health Research Council has launched a study on protection level of COVID-19 vaccines on immunized people; results expected after 2 weeks
  • COVID-19 vaccine to be administered 5 days a week in Udayapur for all above 18 years of age; Lalitpur to administer second dose of Pfizer vaccine from December 13; Nepal corresponding with Russian vaccine companies
  • UK reports first death of COVID-19 patient due to the Omicron variant; people queue up for booster shot in UK; World Health Organization says Omicron poses ‘very high’ global risk but data on severity limited
  • Infectious disease expert Dr Anup Subedee points at possibility of another wave of COVID-19 pandemic hitting Nepal soon and could be bigger than the one caused by Delta variant