Bhutan is a mountainous kingdom nestling in the Himalayas, where most of the people live in remote villages, most of which are not accessible easily.
In some cases, you may have to hike for a day or two or in some extreme cases, up to 15 days to reach some of these villages.
Yet majority of the Bhutanese adults have been vaccinated against the Covid virus.
They were eager to organize the vaccines and made arrangement with India which donated the necessary vaccine early.
The Government of King Wangchuk wanted its citizens to be protected, and they went out of the way, literally, to make sure that the vaccine reached remote areas, often by heliopter.
Resolve the help the people of your country.
Make sure that you have a coordinated infrastructure for deliery of health care, regardless of the geography.
A population which are humble, loyal and understand the need for the protection
A population that does not believe in conspiracy theories, fake news and such.
Congratulations to Bhutan
A similar effort can be seen, CARE OF ITS OWN CITIZENS, in the State of Israel, the most vaccinated country in the world at the moment.
Even before the vaccines were approved, Israel made a deal with Pfizer and made sure that there were enough vaccines for all its citizen. An impressive 91 per cent of the elderly are vaccinated.
Israel's achievement in vaccination is so stupendous, that it is an inspiration. Even Saddiq Khan the mayor of London said: I would without hesitation call on Israel for help regarding Covid 19 Vaccine roll out!
Health workers went to remote villages and vaccinated people. A well educated populace, went to places of vaccination, using advanced technology in their cell phones and were vaccinated with lightning speed.
Once again, the desire of the government to protect its people, leads to people being protected.
Congratulations, Israel.
On the other hand, when a government or the leader is not that interested, and listens to claims which are not scientific and makes fun of wearing a mask or flout social norms, the average person in the street suffers .. Jair Bolsanaro of Brasil is the best example of the destruction of the public health of Brasil with close to 400 000 Brasilians who are no more, people dying while waiting to ge into the hospital, and refusing Pfizer vaccine, 70 million and with a vaccination rate down the ladder.. Brasil with its resources could have been a beacon for the developing world, instead has become a laughing stock with a President publicly taking Chloroquine tablets on TV and complaining that all these whining about death is for sissies ...Trump in the USA was no better, fortunately the wise American people saw the light and got rid of him and since Biden has been the president, the vaccination programme is the best in the western world of developed countries. The roll out of vaccines has been phenomenal and now every American over the age of 16 is eligible to get a vaccine.
PS Cuba and Bhutan has friendly relationships and Bhutan has diplomatic relationships with Cuba. The king of Bhutan in 1979 on his attendance at the NAM movement in Havana, met Fidel and the friendship between the two countries blossomed. A group of 7 students arrived to study Medicine in Santiago around 1995, Dr Suresh Mothey among them.
PPS
One of the least known facts is the International medical missions carried out by Israel. I clearly remember that Israelis arrived at the site of the earthquake in Haiti days before Americans arrived from Miami, just one hour away.
Cuba and Israel lead the world in International Medical Missions. So it is only natural that they care about their own people and educate the foreigners who come to study (22500 foreign students on scholarship studying in Cuba, mostly in Medicine) in the civic duty of helping their own .
