As new cases of COVID-19 rise throughout the country, Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population is preparing legal grounds to roll-out COVID-19 vaccines even if vaccine candidates are certified only for emergency use.

The ministry, which has been criticised over its poor handling of the pandemic, has sent a proposal to the Cabinet to issue an ordinance to cover legal issues related to a potential vaccine.

“We have sent a proposal to Cabinet to prepare an ordinance to allow the use of COVID-19 vaccines after they are certified for emergency use,” Dr Roshan Pokhrel, chief specialist at ministry, told the Post.

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