Kathmandu, April 8 -- As many as 2,656 essential workers have been immunised on Wednesday with the Covid-19 vaccine provided by China under a grant assistance.

Essential workers include postal and telephone service providers, public transportation workers, water supply and distribution staff, tourism sector-hotels and restaurants-employees, and workers engaged in production, sales and distribution of medicines, electricity supply, storage and transportation of consumer goods.

Health workers who missed out in the first phase of vaccination that began on January 27 can also get the Chinese jabs.

The Health Ministry said that apart from those working in essential sectors defined by the government, businessmen and truck drivers who need to...