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Bhutan, with only 37 doctors, vaccinates 470,000 people in 9 days
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This small country could vaccinate its entire adult population in a few days
Bhutan waited to have all the vaccines to start vaccinating its citizens.
Bhutan’s Capital, Thimphu. Image credit: Flickr / Antonio Morales García
This small country in the Eastern Himalayas bordered by China and India occupies an area of 38,394 squared kilometers, making it a bit smaller than Switzerland. It has a multiethnic population of 760,000 inhabitants. While it has had a hereditary monarchy since 1907, the country became a parliamentary democracy in 2008.
Bhutan has already vaccinated 466,811 people in the last nine days, which is 85% of the eligible population and 62% of Bhutan’s total population. The second dose of the vaccination program is already scheduled eight to 12 weeks from now – depending on the arrival of more vaccines from India over the next few months.
Bhutan to await auspicious time for Covid-19 jab roll-out
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20/01/2021 - 14:34 2 min
Thimpu (Bhutan) (AFP)
Bhutan received 150,000 coronavirus vaccine shots on Wednesday, but the Himalayan kingdom has insisted that no one will get the jab until the current inauspicious month ends on March 13. Once we have the required number of doses, our plan is to vaccinate the entire population. in one week, the prime minister s office said in a statement late Monday ahead of the donation of the jabs by India.
It was important we roll out the nationwide vaccination on an auspicious date, he added. Upon consulting with Zhung Dratshang (the Commission for Monastic Affairs), we were informed of dana (inauspicious month) which falls between February 14 and March 13. We will wait until the period is over, the statement said.
Bhutan received 150,000 coronavirus vaccine shots on Wednesday, but the Himalayan kingdom has insisted that no one will get the jab until the current "inauspicious month" ends on March 13. "Once we have the required number of doses, our plan is to vaccinate the entire population. in one week," the prime minister's office said in a statement late Monday ahead of the donation of the jabs by India. It was "important we roll out the nationwide.
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