Thimphu so far has detected a total of 271 positive cases, of which  33 cases are from the community, 160 cases are contact, 72 are imported cases and 6 cases are domestic travelers. Currently, the cordoned off areas in Thimphu are Kabisa Red buildings, Upper Samtenling cluster and red buildings, …

The Opposition party has proposed three recommendations to the government on the COVID-19 measures. The first is Re-strategizing COVID-19 Management and Lockdown-keeping lockdowns short and effective. On the first recommendation the Opposition Leader Dorji Wangdi said that the party is unaware of demands by some in the public to lift …

The recent unprecedented snowfall, which no one was expecting in decades, disrupted the power supplies in a number of dzongkhags across the country and the BPC front-liners were faced with daunting tasks of restoring power lines, poles and insulators in treacherous locations. The affected areas were mostly from Paro, Thimphu, …

After a wet and cloudy January, Bhutan saw its first heavy snowfall in a decade not only for valleys of Thimphu, Paro, Gasa, Haa and Bumthang but also for low-lying regions like Trashiyangtse, Wangduephodrang, Trongsa, Dagana, Zhemgang and Punakha. In Punakha, it was the first snowfall in 64 years coinciding …

Phuentsholing has 835 active cases currently. The previously reported three patients in critical conditions have improved but are still under monitoring. They are in RIGSS isolation in Phuentsholing. But, there are other three critical cases with underlying medical conditions. They are more severe from the underlying medical conditions than from COVID-19, …

Tsirang Dzongkhag has 45 active cases, as of now, since the outbreak and no frontliners got infected so far. It was learnt that so far no health complications were reported from the COVID-19 positive patients. Few symptomatic patients are managed at the isolation centre by the health professionals and the …

Samtse has more than 200 active COVID-19 cases since 18 January to today. Of the total active cases, 23 are frontliners. There are 17 positive patients with comorbidity who have been referred to the Phuentsholing COVID-19 hospital. However, no patients were referred to other districts due to lack of space …

The Construction Association of Bhutan (CAB) on behalf of the construction firms in the country has made an appeal to the government to work under containment saying they have no other choice. Though the government has supported the contractors in availing foreign workers to continue their works at site, the …

According to the two telecom companies in the country, there is no differential tariff for 5G, and while there may be concerns on the higher bill amount, the companies explained that because of the difference in the connectivity speed with 5G being multiple times faster than 4G, consumption of data …

I   am all for holding the government of the day accountable, be it on the slip ups leading to the first, second and the third national lockdowns or other lapses like the recent death of the 34-year-old kidney patient in a hotel. We at The Bhutanese have pursued these stories …