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The nationwide coronavirus lockdown will be extended by two more weeks from May 4, the Indian government said on friday, noting significant gains from the six-week shutdown in India’s fight to slow the spread of COVID-19. Extending the lockdown for the second time, the home ministry announced new guidelines based …

The fear of COVID-19 kept people away from the hospitals and town areas when the first case was reported in the country. But as the fear wore off, people started to crowd the hospitals and the towns as usual. There are many people who are near paranoid about the fear …

One of the stark features of many villages in Trashiyangtse dzongkhag today, is the number of empty households or ‘goongtongs’ that are increasing at alarming rates., Trashiyangtse has the highest number of goongtongs in the country. In some villages there are more goongtongs than actual households. Local leaders say, rural-urban …

The deferment of EMIs and loan interest waiver for three months due to COVID-19 has eased the burden of paying house rents for some tenants as landlords made rent exemptions. Some of the house owners have decided to waive off the rents completely while some decided collect only 50 percent …

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) has put in a safety measure of social distancing to make sure patients in queues are at safe distance from each other. This also helps to control the over-crowding of patients. As per the records maintained with JDWNRH, the number of patients visiting …

The Health Minister Lyonpo Dechen Wangmo clarified that those being released from quarantine have been tested and they are only released on testing negative. She said that a person in quarantine first finishes the 21-day quarantine and is then tested on the 22nd day and then once the test comes …

In the wake of COVID-19, the contractors in the country have been facing the shortage of workforce after the government stopped the import of foreign laborers in the country on 5 March. Once the lockdown in India opens, the Indian laborers are planning to return back to their homes, and …

Since the COVID-19 situation does not seem likely to defer anytime soon, government offices, Druk Holdings Investment (DHI) companies, and some companies in the private sector are now working from home. According to the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC), the timeline for the work from home plan for the government …

According to the 17-member strong Sampheling Meday Bja Namrup Detshen (SMBND), poultry farmers are facing a dire shortage of poultry feed due to the border closure. Chairman of SMBND, Budhi Man Rai, said there is also a shortage of ice for freezing the meat products. He added, “Previously, we used …

Following the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country, a shortage of food commodities has prompted people to panic buy and stockpile food items. In the meantime, the Deputy Chief of Policy and Planning Division and Coordinator of Argo Enterprise Development under Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Tshewang Tashi, said that …