Despite the continued lockdown in the southern region of Bhutan, especially in Phuentsholing, there is a surge of positive cases in the country, with the highest number of positive cases reported in the last two days. A member of Technical Advisory Group (TAG), Dr Sonam Wangchuk, said the increasing number …

The Health Minister Dasho Dechen Wangmo said that the vaccines for the children from ages 5 to 11 is expected to come soon and the aim is to start vaccinating them by early March. Lyonpo said that Bhutan will be the first country in the WHO South-East Asia Region of …

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) is an apex hospital that receives referral cases from the high-risk areas. On any given day, JDWNRH receives a large number of patients, especially for baby deliveries. Officiating Medical Superintendent of JDWNRH, Dr Pem Chuki, said the hospital has been following preventative strategies during …

His Majesty The King turns 42 on 21 February 2022, but His Majesty will not be celebrating his birthday in the capital with his family, but instead His Majesty is on the frontlines providing leadership to quell a raging virus. Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, His …

CAMBRIDGE – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the enfant terrible of British politics, is currently embroiled in a very British scandal. As in the recent eponymous BBC television miniseries based on the infamous 1963 Argyll v. Argyll case, at stake is a high-profile divorce. But, this time, the potential split is political. And Johnson’s supposed Teflon …

There is a growing voice especially on social media to do away with lockdowns and other restrictions, like for travel, with the main argument being that Omicron is ‘mild’ and there is a greater damage from lockdowns and restrictions than the virus. So with elections in a year’s time and …

In the second round of mass testing done on 10 February 2022 a lady tested positive from a Norzin Tag building. The lady had gone to meet her father and brother who stay in the basement of the Druk Shopping Complex before there were positive cases there. The father and …

On Friday 18 February the Ministry of Health dashboard detected three community cases from Changbandhu. The cases were from one family with a family member working in the Royal Academy of Performing Arts (RAPA). The MoH tested the entire RAPA staff and dancers and cordoned off the entire RAPA institute …

P 1 may be next in line but no final decision yet The Royal Civil Service Commission’s (RCSC) assessments of 59 executives at the Director position level found about one-third of the Directors promising. The RCSC will be further testing their suitability to assume expanded roles. Together with executives at …

FCBL imported 253.4 MT of chillies worth Nu 10.9 mn as of February 10, 2022 To meet the chilli shortage and price hike, the government approved a time bound import of “safe green chilies” into the country between January and March 2022. FCBL has imported 253.4 MT of chillies worth …