Gahati: The Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan has entirely vaccinated 90% of the adult population who qualified only seven days, the health ministry said on Tuesday.
These small countries, sandwiched between India and China and houses for nearly 800,000 people, began to provide the second dose on July 20 in a mass drive that had been praised by UNICEF as “could be said to be the fastest vaccination campaign to be executed during a pandemic.
” In April , Bhutan won the headlines when the government said it had been inoculated around the same percentage of adults who qualified with the first dose in two weeks after India contributed 550,000 astrazeneca vaccine shots.
But the country faces deficiencies for months after months.
Supplier of gunfire AstraZeneca, stopping exports when rushing to meet the increasing demand at home as a floating infection.
Bhutan can restart drive last week after half a million doses of modern vaccines are contributed under the United Nations under the United Nations.
The program -Cacak Covaxa, an initiative designed for giving state access to ter coronavirus vaccine Apart from their wealth.
About 5,000 Pfizer shots were also facilitated through Covax, led by GAVI, vaccine alliances, world health organizations and coalitions for the innovation of epidemic preparedness.
It also received more than 400,000 Astrazeneca shots from Denmark, Croatia and Bulgaria in the past two weeks.
“Our goal is to achieve a herd immunity among our populations in the shortest possible time to avoid the main community health crisis, ” Dechen Wangmo, Minister of Health Bhutan, told the Associated Press.
Many Western countries have not vaccinated.
High-level adults who qualify.
Health experts say the Small Bhutan population is helpful, but the country also benefits from strong and effective messaging from high-ranking officials and a well-established cold chain storage system.
More than 3,000 participating health workers and 1,200 vaccination centers throughout the country helped make sure that the shot reached Every adult is qualified.
In some cases, health workers walk through days through landslides and pouring rain to reach a very remote village on a steep mountain to give a dose to those who cannot go to the center, said Dr.
Sonam Wangchuk , Member Dr.
Sonam Wan Gchuk, a member of the Bhutan Vaccination Task Force.
“Vaccination is the pillar of Bhutan’s health initiative,” he said.
The Bhutan government is also led by medical practitioners.
Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Health are all medical professionals.
And often send messages from the government, which directly answers questions from the public.
Coronavirus and vaccination on Facebook, also helps fight the hesitation vaccine among citizens.
“In fact, people are quite excited to come and play themselves,” said Dr.
Wangchuk.
Prime Minister, Labe Tshering, and Raja, King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, also the initial supporters of the vaccine, who eliminated concerns around him.
Launch.
The king also toured the country to raise awareness about drive vaccination.
Bhutan is the last Buddhist empire in Himalaya, but has switched from an absolute monarchy to a democratic monarchy, Constitutional.
Important materials in drives vaccines are citizen volunteer networks That is widely called “desuup,” said Will Parks, representative of UNICEF for Bhutan.
About 22,000 voluntary residents over the past year and half to increase awareness, eliminate wrong information, helping to do mass filtering and testing and even carry vaccines into difficult terrain in the country, he said.
Bhutan’s success is an anomaly in South Asia where countries such as India and Bangladesh are struggling to increase their vaccination rates.
Experts say it underscores the importance of rich countries that contribute vaccines to the developing world and highlight how much the impact that the government can have and community outreach.
“Maybe this small Himalayan kingdom can be an flare hope for a burning area,” Parks said.