With the coronavirus vaccine becoming a “political commodity”, to use the words of a minister, the government is hoping that there will be a breakthrough in talks with India for Nepal to procure vaccines before Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali’s Delhi visit later this week.

“We think that we will get vaccines for about half a million people from India as a goodwill gesture,” said an official at the Prime Minister’s Office familiar with the matter, who wished to remain anonymous because he was not allowed to talk to the media.

Nepal is looking to procure vaccines to inoculate 12 million in the first phase and India is the preferred source, according to Minister for Health and Population Hridayesh Tripathi.

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