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In collaboration with the COVAX facility and the Bhutan Foundation, the United States has provided more over 680,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Bhutan, including 51,480 doses of Pfizer shots in September.

During her visit to Bhutan from September 26 to October 1, Patricia Lacina, the US chargé d'affaires in New Delhi, met with Dechen Wangmo, the health minister, to discuss bilateral cooperation on Covid-19 and to express her gratitude for Thimphu's arduous efforts to tackle the pandemic.

Lacina also participated in a formal ceremony honouring the US-Bhutan partnership in health and containing the epidemic with agriculture and forests minister Yeshey Penjor.