Nepal gets 1.5 million J&J doses from U.S.

July 12, 2021 11:02 pm | Updated 11:02 pm IST - Kathmandu

A shipment of 1.5 million doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine donated by the United States arrived in Nepal on Monday, which is struggling to inoculate its population.

“Today’s delivery of the single-dose vaccine means that this single donation is enough to protect over 1.5 million people in Nepal,” U.S. Ambassador Randy Berry said.

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