Bhutan vaccination completed just in 7 days

Many developed countries are struggling to complete the full vaccination campaign though they have enough resources and manpower. People in some nations hesitate to take the vaccine is another reason. In India still vaccination has completed just fewer than 20%. 

But Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan managed to vaccinate 90 percent of its eligible population in a week. Of Course! The tiny nation has a very little population of around 8 lakhs. Other nations should know the steps and planning that Bhutan took to complete the vaccination. The country made a campaign for a second dose from July 20 and completed the vaccination in a mass drive.

UNICEF has hailed Bhutan vaccination as one of the fastest vaccination campaigns to be executed during the pandemic. The nation got world attention when it completed the first dose of vaccination for the same number of people within two weeks. There are many reasons for Bhutan's success. The nation is securing the second dose of COVID-19 vaccines and using fully utilization of resources for the roll out of vaccines. Approximately 4,800 health workers helped to vaccinate the eligible population with the second dose from 20 to 26 July across the country. In addition to that, the government gave training to new health workers and used their services. It is the collective team work of Bhutan government, local leaders, health workers, young people and development partners.

India has donated half-million jabs of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Bhutan. The vaccine supply to Himalayan Kingdom made India dry up during the second wave. Bhutan made an appeal for donations following which several western nations sent vaccine jabs. The United States of America sent 500K Moderna doses and Denmark sent 250K AstraZeneca shots in July. Bhutan gets vaccines from all companies since it doesn’t produce vaccines at home. Government has provided helicopter facilities to health workers to reach some remote locations in the country. Bhutan shows the difference in leadership approach to meet the task to the world.