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The Genome Sequencing of around 30 COVID-19 samples from Bhutan done in a lab in Bangkok show that the Delta Variant or B.1.617.2, first detected in India, is the main dominant COVID variant in Bhutan driving the cases here. It is in 87 percent of the samples, with 10 percent …

As the 12 weeks gap from the first dose comes to a close by 29th June there is a growing sense of anxiety in the government to get hold of the second dose of AstraZeneca vaccines. The anxiety is all the more given a much more infectious strain that has …

The ‘Penjore Penjore’ defamation case will be one of the biggest tests of the credibility and wisdom of the judiciary in recent times. This is because the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) wittingly or unwittingly has made the Judiciary the main victim in the case alleging that Penjore has …

The 6th May press release of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) said that there is a prima facie case of defamation (section 317) and libel (section 320) charges against Penjore, but at the same time it also included sedition under section 331 (9).  In the penal code section …

587 cases from the community since last seven weeks A total of 1,826 COVID-19 cases reported in the country so far, out of which there are 358 active cases in seven dzongkhags. Until Friday quarantine facilities in Thimphu had one positive case, Phuentsholing had 71 active cases, Paro had 28 …

A lot of the corruption allegations and prices centered around Nepal but a ACC team never left for Nepal ACC used information from one of the accused traders in Nepal to find out Gypsum prices From the beginning, it was clear that the cross border nature of allegations of corruption …

The Office of the Attorney General on 3rd June issued a 3-page press release titled ‘Freedom of Speech and Rule of Law,’ giving its view on freedom of speech, defamation, the Penjore case and its own powers. The highly legal language of the release soon had many people scratching their …

NA Human Rights Committee to review the case In a clear statement the Prime Minister Dasho (Dr) Lotay Tshering said that as far as he knows Penjore has not done anything against or defamed the government, the cabinet ministers and their agencies. Lyonchhen also made it clear for the second …

A total of 90 children who are COVID-19 positive in eastern dzongkhags and in Phuentsholing are doing fine, and most of them are asymptomatic and are in non-hospital isolation. Currently, there are two toddlers below one year who are COVID-19 positive, eight children aged between one year to three years, …

The Bhutanese in a telephonic press conference asked the US State Department Coordinator for Global COVID-19 Response, Gayle E. Smith, about what had happened to Bhutan’s request for around half a million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, when it’s FDA would approve its 60 million AstraZeneca doses for export and …