A health worker inoculates a dose of a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine to a Buddhist monk sitting in front of a portrait of Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (top C) during the first day of vaccination in Bhutan, at Lungtenzampa Middle Secondary school in Thimphu on March 27, 2021.
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The small Himalayan nation of Bhutan has vaccinated almost its entire adult population in just 16 days.
The country began vaccinating people on March 27, after receiving 150,000 doses from India in January.
The government conferred with Buddhist monks who advised officials to wait for more favorable conditions.