Members of the Tibetan community in Austria and Switzerland have been raising money to help with the distribution of a covid-19 vaccine for the Tibetan community in India. Tibetans in Austria have raised Rs 293,280 [$4000/ £ 2,950] for the cause. Mr Bokong Choekyi donated Rs 82,000 [ $1120/£ 820]. The President of the Tibetan Community in Austria said that though the amounts may be small the people did a good thing in seizing the moral initiative.