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Covid 19 coronavirus: How the tiny kingdom of Bhutan out-vaccinated most of the world
19 Apr, 2021 07:00 AM
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Vaccinating a resident of the district of Pema Gatshel. Photon / Bhutan Ministry of Health via The New York Times
Vaccinating a resident of the district of Pema Gatshel. Photon / Bhutan Ministry of Health via The New York Times
New York Times
By: Chencho Dema and Mike Ives
The Himalayan nation has given more than 60 per cent of its people a shot. Some villages were reached by helicopter, and health workers hiked through ice and snow. The Lunana area of Bhutan is remote even by the standards of an isolated Himalayan kingdom: It covers an area about twice the size of New York City, borders far western China, includes glacial lakes and some of the world s highest peaks, and is inaccessible by car.
The Lunana area of Bhutan is remote even by the standards of an isolated Himalayan kingdom: It covers an area about twice the size of New York City, borders far western China, includes glacial lakes and some of the world’s highest peaks, and is inaccessible by car.
Still, most people living there have already received a coronavirus vaccine.
Vials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine arrived last month by helicopter and were distributed by health workers, who walked from village to village through snow and ice. Vaccinations proceeded in the area’s 13 settlements even after yaks damaged some of the field tents that volunteers had set up for patients.
Thimphu: The Lunana area of Bhutan is remote even by the standards of an isolated Himalayan kingdom: It covers an area about twice the size of New York City, borders far western China, includes glacial lakes and some of the world’s highest peaks, and is inaccessible by car.
Still, most people living there have already received a coronavirus vaccine.
Vials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine arrived last month by helicopter and were distributed by health workers, who walked from village to village through snow and ice. Vaccinations proceeded in the area’s 13 settlements even after yaks damaged some of the field tents that volunteers had set up for patients.
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