DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has said that starting September 7, all offices should open and operate fulltime and until then the management should prepare for offices to operate within the COVID-19 norms. The PMO said strict physical distancing at workplaces should be ensured and options to “work from home” …

Minister says lockdown came at the right time to prevent spread Health Minister Dechen Wangmo said the the government will digitalize the information of a person travelling so that contact tracing will be easier. Lyonpo said that at a wider level there is currently no data and system if one …

On Friday the Health Minister announced that 3 IMTRAT officials had tested positive with the COVID-19 virus as new cases. She mentioned that earlier 16 people from project DANTAK in Phuentsholing tested positive and 2 IMTRAT officials which includes one in Thimphu and one in Phuentsholing had also tested positive. …

Bhutan has 224 COVID-19 cases as of Monday  and with 84 active cases and 140 having recovered. After the detection of the first case in Phuentsholing on 12th August, which is the index case for the MDP, the ministry had instituted an aggressive contact tracing and through which the ministry …

Since the lockdown, Bhutan has received two repatriation flights, one flight from Singapore on 22 August and other from Kolkata on 24 August. There were 35 Bhutanese who came in from Kolkata and they are all patients who were returning after completing their treatment. A flight from Singapore had more …

At a time of national lock down the ‘heroes in orange’ are serving to the best of their ability across the country, be it rain or the scorching summer sun, to not only protect their fellow citizens against the COVID-19 virus but also making sure that each household gets all …

The Covid-19 cases in the country as of Monday has reached 155 and with a total of 40 active cases. There are 33 active cases in Phuentsholing isolation ward and out of which two are children, a five-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl, 2 are in Gelephu isolation ward and …

Currently Bhutan has enough testing kits, for now with more than 200,000 in stock and orders worth Nu 600 mn more placed. Similarly, there is enough Personal Protection Equipment (PPEs) for now, that will last for the next 5 to 6 months. Also, the additional quantity for PPEs has been …

Final decision to be taken by Central Task Force led by PM The reopening of schools for class VII-IX and XI may not happen for this academic year if there are an increasing number of local positive cases in the country. While classes X and XII will resume if the …

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) has registered three cases in connection to lockdown violation so far. With this regard, they have apprehended 6 people, however, they were all sent on surety as the matter was not serious. The three cases were reported from Thimphu, Kamji under Chukha and Dagana. In Thimphu’s …