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		</div><p>Nepal resumed its stalled coronavirus vaccination campaign with one million doses given by China after the Himalayan nation made international pleas for help with a shortage of doses.</p>
<p>Thousands of people, all 64 years old, lined up at vaccination centres even before they opened.</p>
<p>People aged 60 to 63 are scheduled in coming days.</p>
<p>Nepal’s vaccination campaign began in January but was stalled when neighbouring India suffered a coronavirus surge and banned exports of the AstraZeneca vaccine it produces.</p>
<p>Nepal had received one million AstraZeneca doses donated by India and paid for two million more but never received half the shipment.</p>
<p>That left 1.4 million people over age 65 who received an initial dose of AstraZeneca vaccine still uncertain if they will receive their second.</p>
<p>China’s first donation of 800,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine in March was snapped up quickly.</p>
<p>Desperate Nepal made several pleas to foreign governments and international donor agencies.</p>
<p>President Bidhya Devi Bhandari made calls to the Chinese leader and wrote to the presidents of India, the United States and Britain.</p>
<p>Another one million doses donated by China arrived this month.</p>
<p>“I am the happiest person today.</p>
<p>“I finally got the vaccine and I am now protected,” businessman Pawan Khanal said at a Kathmandu vaccine centre.</p>
<p>“I want to really thank the government.”</p>
<p>“Not only me, but my family is also a lot safer now because we got our vaccine,” said another recipient, Gopal Shrestha, who came with his wife.</p>
<p>City and health officials said they had been frustrated because of not being able to provide answers to people desperately seeking vaccines.</p>
<p>“Everybody wants to get vaccinated and protect themselves,” said Saroj Dhoj Mulmi, a city council member.</p>
<p>Nepal’s coronavirus cases are declining after a lockdown imposed when infections surged.</p>
<p>In April and May, hospitals were treating patients in corridors, parking garages and waiting areas while struggling with shortages of medicine and oxygen.</p>
<p>The 4,472 new cases of Covid-19 reported on Monday were about half of the daily numbers reported last month.</p>
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