title: 2021 in Bhutan
text: # 2021 in Bhutan
  
  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.
  * 20 January - India begins exporting the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Bhutan.
  * 27 March - Bhutan launches their largest vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine that was received from India.
  * 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.
  