Dalai Lama takes first dose of coronavirus vaccine

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Dalai Lama takes first dose of coronavirus vaccine

March 06, 2021
Updated: 10:02 am

Dalai Lama takes first dose of coronavirus vaccine

Dharamsala, March 6 : Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who is revered as a 'living god', on Saturday took his first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in a state-run hospital near his residence here in Himachal Pradesh, doctors said. After getting the jab, the 85-year-old Nobel Peace Laureate thanked the Central and the state governments for facilitating him to get the jab at the Zonal Hospital in Dharamsala. The 14th Dalai Lama was born on July 6, 1935, in a small village in the remote Amdo region of Tibet. The Tibetan administration in exile is based in the north Indian hill town of Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh. /IANS

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