‘Felt like a bullet’: Bhutan prime minister mourns rare Covid death

The remote Himalayan nation of around 800,000 people has recorded fewer Covid fatalities than almost any other country

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Bhutan's success in avoiding coronavirus is almost unrivalled but a rare patient death - just the kingdom's fourth - shows more work was needed to fight the pandemic there, its leader says.

The remote Himalayan nation of around 800,000 people, sandwiched between China and India, has recorded fewer Covid fatalities than almost anywhere else in the world.