The Health Minister Dechen Wangmo urged the public to be mindful of rumors and not to share unverified information. Lyonpo said that the recent social media rumor about a patient who tested positive for COVID-19 after 21 days of quarantine and had let her boyfriend in her quarantine facility, and …

During the press briefing held yesterday, Foreign Minister Dr Tandi Dorji said that the supply of non-essential items, like construction materials, phones and special food items that are running out in the market will be soon made available in the market. “The shopkeepers and the dealers do not have to …

As part its additional measures to prevent and contain local transmission in high risk areas the Health Minister Dechen Wangmo said that the government is now advising all people to wear facemasks in public places and hospitals. Lyonpo said the ministry has done a risk assessment in Bhutan and the …

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the livelihoods of many people in Bhutan. The affected people did not even have enough money to pay their house rent or even buy essential food items. Just when all hope was lost, in came the Druk Gyalpo’s Relief Kidu. The Kidu has helped the …

In the wake of COVID-19, aspiring bakers at home are out of yeast and other essential baking ingredients as stores have run out of them. Even cream cheese has run out. Manager of My Mart store in Thimphu, Pema Tshering, said that since the outbreak of COVID-19, people have been …

Agriculture Minister Yeshey Penjor said that the Semchen Tshethar Tshogpa (STT) is providing free meat to the meat vendors. He explained that merely rescuing animals is not enough. Freeing the rescued animals in the open environment is as good as indirectly killing them. “Semchen Tsethar Tshogpa saves the lives of …

Agriculture Stimulus Plan of Nu 160 million budget framed for three months The Agriculture Minister Yeshey Penjor visited 18 dzongkhags in the country amid COVID-19 to ensure there is enough food supply. Lyonpo Yeshey Penjor said that the primary purpose of the visits was to ensure that the Food Corporation …

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, the vegetable price difference created by the middleman has led to people buying imported vegetables because it is cheaper than the local produce. “Firstly, our vegetable importers should consider and promote local production. Basically, if you go to the source of production, …

Workshops are facing a shortage of automobile spare parts and little earnings due to the COVID-19 impact on the economy. Executive Director of the Automobile Sector Association of Bhutan (ASAB), who also owns an automobile workshop in Olakha, Karma Tenzin, said that the automobile sector earnings have drastically dropped by …

During a press briefing held yesterday, Health Minister Dechen Wangmo said that people should not discriminate against those being released from quarantine including those who tested positive. “Although international standard for quarantine is 14 days, the government has taken the highest preventive measure and extended to 21 days. After completing …