The Royal Commission of Civil Service (RCSC) will be rescheduling the date based on the situation and safety of the candidates. The Main Examination (ME) of the BCSE, 2020 was scheduled for January 8-10, 2021 and it has been deferred indefinitely due to the current pandemic situation. Senior Human Resources …

Nu 302 mn granted since start of the lockdown The Druk Gyalpo’s Relief Kidu received 13,409 applications from the start of the lockdown till date that is from 20th December 2020 until 14th January 2021. Applications had drastically reduced from November, averaging 10 per day in early December. There was …

A total of 381 cases has been detected since the outbreak in Thimphu. 95 of these cases have recovered. Furthermore, 26.5 percent of the cases detected so far are asymptomatic and the remaining 73.5 percent are symptomatic. Over all the country has reported 842 cases so far. A total of …

Mass testing in Thimphu and Paro to unlock them in phases 22,000 mass tests in Thimphu and Paro are negative so far With total of 52,000 people in 18 dzongkhags testing negative through mass screening (including the tests conducted in the flu clinics) National COVID-19 Task Force unlocked 18 Dzongkhags …

So far Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) has received 16 males and 6 females with alcohol withdrawal syndrome since the second national lockdown. The cases received are almost the same as in the first lockdown. This is even though alcohol is available in the respective zones and people …

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) has admitted 22 COVID-19 patients in the isolation ward as of 8th January. There are 3 children and 3 patients who are above 60 years of age. Currently there are no patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and also no patient on …

Schools in other Dzongkhags hope to open by next week The ministry of education will not postpone the exam dates for school students. Class IX and XI will write their exams on third week of February and by end of February, they will finish it. Class X and XII exams …

260 local cases so far Medical Superintended at Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) Dr Gosar Pemba said COVID-19 patients who are not serious are kept in the isolation facility depending upon the number of cases, nurses are deployed. The patients are first brought to hospital and do all …

A total of 72 students tested positive for COVID-19 but including college and institutional students. Within this 44 school students have tested positive for COVID-19 as of 1st January. These are 21 in Thimphu, 21 in Paro, 1 in Haa and 1 in Bumthang. Currently, the 44 school students are …

Located in a corner of eastern Bhutan, people in Trashiyangtse dzongkhag did not know much about the coronavirus pandemic. When the first national lockdown was imposed on August 11, 2020, it was a surprise. People however, did not face any major difficulties due to the lockdown. The Dzongkhag has handled …