India handed over 23 tons of essential medicines to Nepal to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Indian ambassador for Nepal, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, had handed over 23 tonnes of essential medicines to Nepal to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the ongoing bilateral cooperation between India and Nepal to fight COVID-19 Pandemic, Ambassador of India to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra, handed over 23 tonnes of medicines to Nepal’s Minister for Health and Population, Bhanubhakta Dhakal in Kathmandu on April 22, 2020.

The consignment, as a gift, consisted of 8.25 lakhs dosage of essential medicines in total that included 3.2 lakhs dosage of Paracetamol and 2.5 lakhs dosages of Hydroxychloroquine.

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