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‘Nepal will be the weakest link’ without Covid-19 vaccines, says public health scientist

SCMP, 21 May 2021
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Nepal has become the next frontier in the Covid-19 fight, with the daily caseload in the country surging from 300 daily cases in April 2021, to more than 8,000 cases a day one month since. Public health scientist Dr Sameer M Dixit says India and Nepal face similar challenges tackling their coronavirus crises. And with fewer doctors per capita than India, Nepal is now relying on overseas aid as the impoverished nation grapples with shortages in oxygen, beds and medicine.

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