Bhutan PM says ready to mix COVID-19 doses to deal with vaccine shortages

KATHMANDU/MUMBAI: Bhutan's Prime Minister on Thursday said he "has no problem" in mixing-and-matching COVID-19 vaccine doses to immunize a population of about 700,000 people in the tiny Himalayan nation.

Bhutan, nestled between India and China, has one of the world's lowest COVID-19 fatality counts, with just one person dying from the infectious disease since the pandemic began. Prime Minister Lotay Tshering - who is also a practicing urologist - said over 90% of the country's eligible population had received a first dose of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine and that the deadline to administer the second dose after a gap of 12 weeks was scheduled to end this month.