KATHMANDU: Starting today, the second dose of the Chinese vaccine Vero Cell is being distributed to Nepali citizens. 

The campaign is being conducted in Kathmandu Metropolitan City and various local level wards of the Kathmandu Valley. The second dose will be given to the citizens who took the first dose from 7th April to 28th April. 

Some hospitals had been assigned to administer the first dose of Vero Cell, while vaccination centers have been designated in each ward of the metropolis for the second dose. 

The metropolis has stated that the vaccine can be given at the designated centers after showing the vaccine card obtained while receiving the first dose.