With the decreasing cases of coronavirus infection in the country of late, the import of vaccine against coronavirus has been halted.
The vaccine has not been restocked for the past three months as the previous stock of vaccine is still there, said Chief of Department of Health Services Supply Management Section, Dr Surendra Chaurasiya.
There has been a sharp decline in coronavirus infection and the infection rate is now below one percent in the country. The country recorded no cases of coronavirus in course of conducting 846 tests on December 16.
Dr Chaurasiya shared, "The government had brought 1.499 million doses of vaccine against coronavirus under COVAX facility on September 12 for the last time. Provinces and districts have not demanded vaccine against coronavirus. So we have not brought the vaccine for now. But we will bring necessary vaccine for booster dose."
However, the government has made preparation to bring vaccine for booster dose.
Chaurasiya said preparation has been made to bring vaccine for additional dose for those who have already administered first and second dose.
One million doses of vaccine were brought from India for the first time on January 21, 2021 to prevent and control coronavirus infection in the country. A total of 63.27 million of doses have been brought so far.
There is now a stock of 4.921 million doses of vaccine in the country.
Of the total targeted population, 99.5 percent has received the first dose of vaccine and 95.7 percent the full dose.
Similarly, of the total population, 79.5 percent has received first dose while 76.5 percent received full dose.
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