DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

Build Bhutan Project (BBP) was launched in June last year but the engagement and registration of the applicants could be done only in the month of August. Few days after the deployment of the applicants in the field, the first lockdown took place with which they failed to facilitate further …

The Thimphu Thromde allowed 384 shops to open from 13th and 14th January (2nd Phase of Grocery Shops Opening). The Thromde clarified the intent as to provide fair opportunity to those shops which had been closed during the previous 20 days of lockdown; however, the shops in the new list …

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 …

The Health Minister Dasho Dechen Wangmo said that they managed to catch the outbreak in the nick of time during the acute phase of transmission which is before a full blown transmission and so it could not spread much. “My main fear in the future is that if an infection …

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 …

Despite the second national lockdown, the many stray dogs in Thimphu are fed daily. Thinley Norbu, a tour operator and the founder of Zeus for Strays and Homeless Dog Food said that before they could feed around 300 stray dogs but now due to the lockdown they can feed around …

Since Thimphu and Paro Dzongkhag has been reporting positive cases every day, the two dzongkhags will not be released from the lockdown anytime soon. There may be certain relaxations.  If the rest of the other dzongkhags do not have any more cases, then they can open up earlier. Clinical Microbiologist …

Ministry of Education (MoE) aims to continue with its plans for uninterrupted education despite the lockdown caused by the community transmission of COVID-19. “Even if the mass transmission happens, education may not be interrupted,” said the Education Minister Jai Bir Rai. He added that the online teaching learning would go …

Following the outbreak of community transmission in the country, there has been a large amount of misleading and false information on COVID-19, especially doing the rounds on the social media. For example, the rumor stating that the government is running out of isolation facilities and also a post on Facebook …

RCSC also outlines important roles for the Principal Secretary In a significant development ever since the new Cabinet Secretary Sangay Duba was appointed from 12th March 2020 he had to join office a smaller ‘Office of the Cabinet Affairs,’ with the reduced roles of mainly conducting cabinet meetings and Committee …