Around 1.1 million population fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Bagmati State

KATHMANDU: AUGUST 15 – The number of people getting the full course of the COVID-19 vaccine has reached around 1.1 million in the Bagmati State.

According to the Social Development Ministry, 1,082,390 people above 18 have got the complete course of the vaccine and this number makes up 19 per cent of the total population above 18 in the State

Vaccines with three brand names: Covishield, Vero Cell and Johnson & Johnson were administered to the people.

Covishield and Vero Cell are the two-dose vaccines while Johnson & Johnson is the single-dose shot. Likewise, the number of people receiving the first dose of the vaccines is 847,202.