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Dalai Lama turns down offer to get vaccine jab at home, goes to dispensary
Hindustan Times ^ | MAR 06, 2021 | Naresh K Thakur

Posted on 03/06/2021 8:26:50 PM PST by nickcarraway

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama stepped out of his home after a year on Saturday to get first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama stepped out of his home after a year on Saturday to get first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, 85, who lives at McLeodganj, was given the shot at Zonal Hospital, Dharamshala, early in the morning.

Earlier, the district health authorities had planned to vaccinate the Dalai Lama at his home after the Indian government permitted provisions to inoculate the spiritual leader along with his core staff at his residence. “However, His Holiness said he would take the injection at the place where the common people were being inoculated,” said Kangra deputy commissioner Rakesh Kumar Prajapati. “It was his decision. We were arranging to vaccinate him at his home,” he added.

Escorted by his security and staff, the Dalai Lama arrived at the hospital in Dharamshala at 7am in a motorcade. His followers lined the streets from McLoedganj to the Zonal Hospital to catch a glimpse of their spiritual leader and seek his blessings.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: buddhism; ccp; china; dalailama; india; vaccine

1 posted on 03/06/2021 8:26:50 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Which company’s did he get?


2 posted on 03/07/2021 1:22:30 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Oxford Atra-Zeneca


3 posted on 03/07/2021 4:08:50 AM PST by teofila
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To: nickcarraway

Big hitter the Lama. Long!


4 posted on 03/07/2021 4:51:05 AM PST by day10 (You'll get nothing and like it!)
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