Kathmandu, January 2
Ninety percent of children in the Himalayan district of Humla have received the moderna
vaccine. In collaboration with the health office, all the seven local levels have completed the work of vaccinating the children studying in the school.
According to Man Bahadur Rokaya, a cold chain assistant at the health office, 90.61 percent of the children between the ages of 12 and 17 have been vaccinated against COVID-19. Five thousand 497 children of that age group of the municipality have been vaccinated through 61 vaccination centers.
Of them, 1,414 are from Simikot, 331 from Namkha, 603 from Kharpunath, 1,177 from
Adanchuli, 567 from Tanjkot, 576 from Chankheli and 827 from Sarkegad. Children of Limi and Yari of North Namkha Village Municipality-6 have been deprived of vaccination.
Extreme cold and heavy snowfall in the area have made it difficult for health workers and
vaccinators to reach the area. He said that it has not been decided yet when the children will be vaccinated.
Similarly, a campaign will be launched to vaccinate the children of Nekpagaun in Changkheli Gaonpalika-1 and 5 in the southern region in one or two days. Only 6,370 doses of modern vaccine had arrived in the district.
More than 5,000 children have been vaccinated and now there are 229 doses left, according to the health office. The target was to vaccinate 9,940 children in the age group of 12 to 17 years in the district.
In the first phase, children who have received the first dose from Poush 4 to 14 have to be
vaccinated 28 days later. The number of children in that age group studying in schools across the district is said to be 6,067.
By Karuna Thapa
