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Fri, March 29, 2024

Health Ministry urges people to get booster shots against Covid 19

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KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Health and Population has urged all citizens to receive a booster shot of Covid vaccines as Covid 19 cases are increasing in neighbouring India and China. The new variant, BF.7 has been detected in India and China, and its transmission to Nepal may take place due to the open border with the countries, said the Ministry's spokesperson Dr Sanjaya Kumar Thakur. So, precaution should be adopted, he added. The variant has not been detected in Nepal so far. Those who have taken the first and second doses of the vaccines should compulsorily get a booster shot, he said. The government is at work to bring booster doses. According to Thakur, 1.5 million booster doses will be brought soon. Out of the total 9.2 million doses of the vaccines agreed to Nepal under the COVAX facility, 3.7 million doses have reached the country so far. Similarly, the ministry has urged people to follow health protocols, and use facemasks and sanitisers, wash hands with soap and maintain physical distancing. Meanwhile, the ministry has urged people to be safe from the risk of cold waves and snow. Ministry's assistant spokesperson Dr Samir Kumar Adhikari said people have been urged to keep themselves safe from the cold. The Ministry has further urged people to wear warm clothes covering the whole body, to keep the rooms warm and to manage proper ventilation and airflow in the room. It said that children, senior citizens, pregnant women and people with chronic diseases should be protected from colds. Likewise, the ministry urged regular breastfeeding to the breastfed infants, feeding them with warm and nutritious liquid feed. It also urged people against smoking and drinking alcohol. By RSS READ ALSO:
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