Nepal on Sunday received 2,299,200 million doses of paediatric Pfizer vaccine against Covid-19 from the COVAX facility.

The vaccine will be administered to the children of 5-11 years of age group who received the first dose a few days ago, the Ministry of Health and Population said.

The Ministry has planned to administer the vaccine to the children from July 18-25.

The vaccine should be stored at a temperature of minus 70 degree Celsius.

Earlier, Nepal had received 2.2 million doses of vaccine from the facility.