2021 in Bhutan
Bhutan-related events during the year of 2021
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Events during the year 2021 in Bhutan.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
- Prime Minister: Lotay Tshering
Events
- 8 January - Bhutan reports its first death from COVID-19 after a 34-year-old man with chronic liver disease and renal failure, who tested positive for COVID-19, died in a hospital in Thimphu.[1]
- 20 January - India begins exporting the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Bhutan.[2]
- 27 March - Bhutan launches their largest vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine that was received from India.[3]
- 24 December - Bhutan begins administering booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 65 years, overseas travellers, healthcare workers, people with underlying health conditions, and adults living in high risk areas.
