63 percent eligible population of KMC fully vaccinated against COVID-19

KATHMANDU, Jan 7: As many as sixty-three percent of the eligible population has been given a full dose of vaccine against novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC). 

According to the KMC Public Health Department, 63 percent of the eligible population has received a full dose of vaccine while 75 percent has got the first shot so far. The KMC has forwarded vaccination campaigns in an effective manner as cases of COVID-19 are increasing recently. 

Chief of KMC Public Health Department, Hari Kunwar, said that the vaccination programme has been accelerated for those who are yet to receive their second dose. 

The vaccination programme is being run from 11 places, out of 32, of KMC daily while the vaccination programme is being operated at four main checkpoints of entry points to the Kathmandu Valley by deploying health teams, according to the KMC. 

Of the total population of the country, 35.9 percent of the population have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 while the first dose of vaccine has been administered to 48.5 percent of the population so far.