Nepal resumes vaccination campaign after China donates doses

Nepalese people line up to get inoculated against coronavirus (Bikram Rai/AP)
Nepalese people line up to get inoculated against coronavirus (Bikram Rai/AP)

Nepal resumed its stalled coronavirus vaccination campaign with one million doses given by China after the Himalayan nation made international pleas for help with a shortage of doses.

Thousands of people, all 64 years old, lined up at vaccination centres even before they opened.

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