Nepal Development Update : Global Challenges and Domestic Revival
Nepal continues to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, but the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive has helped to reduce the fatality rate. The country experienced a first wave in March 2020, a second wave in mid-April 2021, and a third wave in Janu...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099835004122242158/P1774360498cd407a09a4d0e5860fd8fc84 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37315 |
| Summary: | Nepal continues to struggle with the
COVID-19 pandemic, but the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination
drive has helped to reduce the fatality rate. The country
experienced a first wave in March 2020, a second wave in
mid-April 2021, and a third wave in January 2022. In
response, social distancing measures were imposed but
gradually became less stringent as COVID-19 progressed from
the first to the third wave, driven in part by the COVID-19
vaccination drive that began in January 2021. Vaccination
also contributed to a reduction in the fatality rate. As of
March 2022, more than 60 percent of the population has
received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines. High frequency indicators suggest that the economy continued to recover in the first half of
FY22 after rebounding in FY21 from a contraction in FY20. |
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