China will provide 5,00,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Nepal on a grant basis, officials here said on Saturday, supplying the first batch of vaccine aid for the Himalayan nation.
During a telephonic conversation with his Nepali counterpart Pradeep Gyawali on Friday evening, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi assured that China would accord priority to Nepal in vaccine cooperation, according to a press statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here.
Wang announced that China will provide 5,00,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Nepal on a grant basis, it said.
According to a report by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, during the phone conversation with Gyawali, Wang said China attaches great importance to Nepal’s urgent need of Covid-19 vaccines and has decided to provide the first batch of vaccine aid for the country.
