Pfizer vaccine 95 percent effective: Health Ministry

November 13, Kathmandu: The Ministry of Health and Population has said the Pfizer vaccine is 95 percent effective against Covid-19 and has urged the people to feel safe and confident about the vaccine.

Ministry Spokesperson Dr Krishna Prasad Poudel said it during an awareness campaign on Pfizer vaccination on Friday.

The awareness campaign was organized by the Department of Health Service. The first phase of the Pfizer vaccination drive is beginning on Sunday (November 14).

After the weeklong drive, the second phase would begin on December 12. Initially, the vaccines would be administered to people above 12 years, suffering from chronic disease.

Various 24 hospitals from across the country would administer the vaccines, said Director General at Department, Dr Dipendra Raman Singh.

He further said the government was procuring 6 million doses of Pfizer to vaccinate children above 12 years.

On the occasion, Chief of Child Health and Immunization Section, Sagar Dahal, said Pfizer was a different vaccine from others.

It has been used in 132 countries including Nepal. It is safe and effective, he added.

He assured that although the vaccinated people may witness the problems of nausea, fever, headache, joint pain, it would fizzle out in two to three days with the intake of Cetamol.