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On several occasions earlier this year, the Prime Minister had said that COVID-19 has widened the unemployment rate with more Bhutanese people laid-off or not being paid in countries abroad and having to return home. The Economic Contingency Plan (ECP) unit operating under the PMO, in one of the conferences, …

There is a realization among people that Bhutanese workers can replace foreign laborers if they are paid well, if they are appreciated and if the government can provide them with the training to make them into skilled workers. If such care is taken then the unemployment issues could also be …

The Ministry of Health (MoH) makes a risk assessment before allocating roommates in the quarantine facilities. Only the people who face the same level of risks and coming from same area are kept together. Otherwise a person is always kept single. A 30-year-old man, Chimi Dorji, who returned from Kuwait …

A total of 21 COVID-19 patients are in the isolation ward in the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) and one patient is kept in isolation in Phuentsholing. There are a total of 20 patients placed in de-isolation ward in Thimphu as of Friday and 17 have recovered of …

A notification issued by the Department of Immigration has put contractors in a dilemma on whether to bring in the skilled foreign laborers or not. But they are pressed hard to bring in the laborers as they are under pressure by procuring agencies to complete the projects. The contractors are …

150 plus women survivor of domestic violence and from desperate situation are benefiting from the Civil Society Organizations’ Mask Project. The project was started a few weeks after the detection of first COVID-19 case in Bhutan. The facemask that they produce is of best quality, comfortably designed and affordably priced. …

Thromde will convert the existing two-lane road from the Bhutan Telecom Office junction to India House into a four-lane road, said the Thrompon Kinlay Dorjee. He said that the 4 kilometers (km) four-lane road stretch is to be completed within a year’s time in May 2021. “We have received a …

Health Minister Dechen Wangmo said that two women aged 28 and 30, who returned from the Middle East, tested positive on Friday. Both the women arrived in the country on 11 May. “They are from the quarantine facilities in Thimphu. They were initially negative but tested positive later,” the Health …

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 …

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 …