The Early Childhood and Development (ECCD) Centers are preparing for the reopening of the centers across the country on 28 April and to ensure safety of children, the ECCD centers have arranged and readied the centers. Although the ECCD centers will reopen next week, the government and ECCD facilities worry …

The parents of the youths entangled in the infamous Bhutan Employment Overseas (BEO) Learn and Earn (LEP) Program will be filing a civil case against the BEO agent for recovery of money. The parents’ representative, Sonam Tshering, said they have decided to file a civil case against the BEO agents …

Jurmey Tshewang and Tenzin Rigden of the Bhutan Employment Overseas (BEO) are sentenced concurrently to a total of 7 years and 11 months by the Thimphu District Court. Of this they got 5 years each for making false Bank of Bhutan accounts (guarantor) of the 697 students, who participated in …

The reopening of classes PP to VI opened as scheduled on 18 April, despite record cases and many teachers and students testing positive in schools across the nation and especially in Thimphu. Parents worry if their children will get infected and bring the virus home. However, if 50% of the teachers …

Omicron expected to peak by end of April 2022 In the past one week, Thimphu has detected nearly around a thousand new cases daily. Thimphu has been detecting the highest COVID-19 cases in the country. As of 18 April, Thimphu has 3,501 positive cases followed by 654 cases in Phuentsholing, …

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has submitted the proposal on Accelerating Mother and Child Health Program (AMCHP) to the Ministry of Finance (MoF), and it may roll out in the upcoming fiscal year of 2022-2023. MoH had planned to implement the maternity allowance last year but it was kept on …

Some also suffer from breathing issues As Omicron sweeps across offices, homes and other spaces there are some common experiences and symptoms to watch out for.  Infected people suffered from severe to milder symptoms, but they say it is completely different from the regular common flu. Beema Thapa in Gomtu …

As the Ministry of Health (MoH) has now changed the testing protocols and is conducting less number of tests in Phase II compared to Phase I, the true infections figures are not available.  More than 40 percent of the cases are reported to be asymptomatic, so people are not aware …

The Ministry of Health (MoH) will provide the fourth booster dose to vulnerable groups of population tentatively in the second half of April. Vulnerable groups are those at 60 and above and anyone with comorbid conditions. According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), certain immune-compromised individuals, and …

As of 29 March 2022, the Ministry of Health (MoH) covered almost 99 percent of the children with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccines. 81.8 percent of children age between 12-17 years old are vaccinated with first and second doses, and 84.4 percent vaccine coverage above 18 years old. The …