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		</div><p>The Dalai Lama, the 85-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader, has been administered with the first shot of the coronavirus vaccine at a hospital in India.</p>
<p>After receiving the injection, he urged people to come forward, be brave and get vaccinated.</p>
<p>“In order to prevent some serious problems, this injection is very, very helpful,” he said.</p>
<p>Dr GD Gupta of Zonal Hospital, where the shot was administered, told reporters that the Dalai Lama was observed for 30 minutes afterwards.</p>
<p>He said: “He offered to come to the hospital like a common man to get himself vaccinated.”</p>
<p>Ten other people who live in the Dalai Lama’s residence were also vaccinated, Dr Gupta said. All eleven received the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine.</p>
<p>India has confirmed more than 11 million cases of the coronavirus and over 157,000 deaths. The country, which has the second-highest caseload in the world behind the US, rolled out its vaccination drive in January, starting with healthcare and frontline workers.</p>
<p>Earlier this month, it expanded its inoculation drive to older people and those with medical conditions that put them at risk.</p>
<p>The Dalai Lama made Dharmsala his headquarters in 1959, fleeing Tibet after a failed uprising against Chinese rule. China does not recognize the Tibetan government-in-exile and accuses the Dalai Lama of seeking to separate Tibet from China.</p>
<p>The Dalai Lama denies being a separatist and says he merely advocates for substantial autonomy and protection of the region’s native Buddhist culture.</p>
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