COVID-19 vaccines transported to Manang via chopper

Manang: COVID-19 vaccines have been airlifted to the district. According to the chief of the district health office, Badri Acharya, the vaccines were reached to different places in the district via chopper as road transportation remains obstructed due to floods triggered by monsoon rain.

Now, the vaccines have been safely stored at Temporary Health Post at Naso Rural Municipality -4 in the district. The health officials stated that 6,000 locals have received the first dose of the vaccines while 1,900 locals received second doses in the district.

Acharya added that helicopter ferried the vaccines in Naar and Phu rural municipalities on Monday. He added that the health office was aware of possible obstruction to be caused by the natural disasters in course of vaccination in remote areas, and hence adopting alternative measures including precaution.