COVID-19 vaccination drive halted following syringe shortage

KATHMANDU, December 28: The government has halted COVID-19 vaccination drive for children aged between 12 to 17 years old due to shortage of syringe in the country.

Earlier, the government had announced to inoculate COVID-19 vaccine to children of eight districts including Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur from today.

The vaccination drive will soon begin once the syringe shortage is resolved, according to the Health Ministry.

The government has already begun  administering Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to children of 57 districts a week ago.

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