On the 16th of April evening Bhutan got a rude awakening when the first community cases were detected from Phuentsholing as a mother and son tested positive from the community and 3 frontliners on quarantine duty also tested positive. At the time Bhutan had 941 cases with only 64 active …
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After a deadlock within the Joint Committee of the National Assembly (NA) and National Council (NC) the ruling party members of the committee are having a meeting on their position on the bill while the opposition is expected to do the same. The ruling party and opposition are largely on …
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After spending almost a month in the south, His Majesty The King returned to Thimphu on 17th May and entered 7-day facility quarantine. His Majesty The King visited the southern Dzongkhags to oversee containment measures during lockdown in the high risk areas. Before embarking for Thimphu, His Majesty met with …
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Meanwhile sample survey in Bhutan shows 95% have developed antibodies after the first dose The plan in Bhutan is to have the second dose eight or twelve weeks after the first dose. However, now even the maximum planned gap of 12 weeks which ends by the end the June looks …
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On the 4th of May ‘Penjore Penjore’ put up a post on his Facebook page asking for the resignation of the current Attorney General in relation to a news story. Two days later Penjore Penjore was arrested by the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) on 6th May and detained based on …
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Almost one and a half year since the first COVID case was reported in the country on March 5, 2020, Bhutan continues to get positive cases. Bhutan expected that after the COVID-19 vaccine, the situation in the country would be normal but it turned out just the opposite with a …
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Currently Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) is referring emergency cases to Guwahati by road due to the deteriorating situation in Kolkata and Vellore. So far 91 patients were referred outside from January 2021 till date. Due to surging cases in Kolkata and Vellore, four patients were sent to …
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His Majesty The King is in Phuentsholing to oversee measures to control the spread of COVID-19 in the community and manage other issues related to the pandemic, as the border town remains in lockdown. His Majesty began a tour of the south on April 21st, after lockdown was declared in …
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PM says no permission given to OAG to prosecute the case nor is any permission required The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) in a press release issued on 6th May 2021 said that it has pursued ‘legal action’ against an individual with the alias ‘Penjore Penjore’ on social media. …
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A 31-year-old Bhutanese man living in New York who was waiting in the subway to get home was stabbed from the back on his neck leaving him partially paralyzed. According to the New York Daily News, the suspect admitted that he plunged a dagger into Bhutanese man’s neck, then hid …
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