The Kathmandu metropolis has decided to launch a Covid-19 vaccination drive once again targeting nine wards from August 6. The vaccination will continue till August 9.
According to Health Department Chief of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Office Ram Prasad Paudel, the campaign aims to vaccinate people above 12 years of age.
The local government decided to conduct the vaccination campaign against the infectious disease as it found that some citizens here have not received even a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
It will be organized in wards 6, 11, 14, 17 and 31 on August 6-7 and in wards 12, 15, 19 and 32 on August 8-9.
In Kathmandu, 90 percent citizens have received the first dose of the vaccine while 88 percent have got the second dose, 43 percent are inoculated with the third dose and only six percent have taken the fourth dose, the KMC Office Vaccination Section Chief Dr Abhiyan Gautam said.
