Bhutan has enough vaccines, says PM Lotay Tshering

In a first, Himalayan nation has accepted donations from U.S., China.

has received enough vaccines to complete inoculation of its adult population, said its Prime Minister Lotay Tshering on July 13, announcing that the country will have more than a million doses by the year-end, including, in a first, and China, two countries Bhutan does not have diplomatic relations with. , the Himalayan nation with a population of about 5,50,000 eligible for vaccination is receiving its second dose of Astra Zeneca vaccines from the European Union, after due to the second wave of the pandemic. “With more countries coming forward with similar commitments, Bhutan has informed them of the vaccine sufficiency for now…However, the request for the need for future booster doses has been conveyed,” Mr. Tshering said in a statement released by the Royal Government of Bhutan’s PMO.