As people are confined within their homes during the lockdown a few of them shared their experiences of how they have adapted their daily lives to try to feel and be normal and productive at the same time. While that seems to be the case for a handful of people …

During the Friday Press briefing, the Health Minister Dechen Wangmo said that Bhutan like many other nations has been assured of vaccines for at least 20% of the population should the final trials for the vaccines get approved. She said that The Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunisation (GAVI) which …

The health minister at the press briefing on friday said that about 340 people in Phuentsholing alone are identified to be sick and vulnerable to the virus. She said that most of them wished to stay back with their families instead of being moved to another facility and they agreed …

Plans being discussed for meat delivery With the zoning cards recently issued to each household in Thimphu it would surely add up to the surveillance teams’ tasks as there would be more offences to look into. However, Karma Yonten, head of the Office of Performance Management (OPM) , His Majesty’s …

Although the second phase of the essential items service was to start with the use of zone cards, until Thursday, the government thought it would be safe to continue with full-fledged lockdown as there were more COVID-19 case detections in the country identified during the week. The movement of people …

The Foreign Minister Tandi Dorji yesterday during a panel discussion highlighted the government’s plan for a second phase for essential item delivery if the lockdown has to prolong. After some recent commotion and frustration of people on social media on the initial days of the lockdown, the government recently deployed …

During a panel discussion yesterday, the Foreign Minister Lyonpo Tandi Dorji clarified that there has been primary focus in Thimphu and Phuentsholing since the lockdown due to reasons like extensive population, goods having to be imported from the border areas and not having independent consumption sources for vegetables among others. …

Vegetable vendors in Gelephu are doing brisk business despite the border closure. However, on the consumer side, people said that they are having a hard time managing with the escalating vegetable prices. Previously people used to buy vegetables and other products from across border in Daadgari at much lower prices. …

As per most of real estate firms within the country, there has been a significant increase in demand for land and real estate properties in the capital since the pandemic, although some firms stated that it is a matter of individual connection, promotion and valuation of the deals. Despite the …

At a meeting with the ministers and executives on 16 July at the Royal University of Bhutan Hall, the Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering said that the preparations to contain COVID-19 have been very effective, even if there should be a community transmission. PM said, “From a health perception, with …