Nepal, April 10 -- As Nepal scrambles to secure sufficient Covid-19 vaccines, two ministers on Friday asked their Indian counterparts to help expedite their supply.

Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali talked to Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar while Health Minister Hridayesh Tripathi had a telephone conversation with Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.

"He [Gyawali] requested the External Affairs Minister of India for necessary facilitation for the supply of vaccines for Nepal to continue administering the second dose of vaccination for people at the highest risk," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Nepal is yet to get a million doses of Covishield vaccines from the Serum Institute of India despite having paid 80 p...