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But only if things go well The government has announced that from 25 April 2022 onwards international travelers who are fully vaccinated and have a negative RT-PCR report need only quarantine for 5 days while. Unvaccinated people have to quarantine for 10 days. However, the Foreign Minister and Chairman of …

International studies show between 10 to 50% of people can get long COVID As it is clear that most Bhutanese will be infected with COVID-19 in the coming months as Bhutan opens up restrictions in phase two, based on high vaccination rate and milder nature of Omicron, a big question …

The Prime Minister Dasho Dr Lotay Tshering said the relaxations are being done gradually to avoid a large surge in cases over a short period which will lead to a rush of cases to hospitals, the system being overrun and deaths. The Prime Minister said that preventable deaths must be …

People who favour opening up still want COVID protocols in place and restrictions against lifting quarantine for foreign arrivals People also want the vulnerable to be protected This paper in a post on its official facebook page on Wednesday 3 pm 9 January asked two questions of the public on …

The Punatsangchu II project was supposed to commission its first unit by July 2022 and have all its six units commissioned by early 2023. However, due to the pandemic induced shortage of labourers the project even with the best estimates will only be able to commission its first unit by …

The Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) is on the verge of completing its investigation against Enagic Water Ionizer ‘digital business’ and the Kangen water produced by it. The OCP has so far found the business to come under the purview of unfair trade practices. There are 28 unfair practices listed …

The Prime Minister Dasho Dr Lotay Tshering announced that restrictions will be relaxed once the children from five to 11 get fully vaccinated by mid April 2022. The relaxations which will come phase wise will avoid lockdowns even with cases. What is being relaxed and with what conditions The 7-day …

The Bhutanese paper launched with a bang on 21 February 2012, 10 years ago on the 32nd Birth anniversary of His Majesty The King with the then Chief Election Commissioner, Dasho Kunzang Wangdi as the Chief Guest. 2012-2013 Stating our investigative intent from day one, we launched the first issue …

The whole idea of The Bhutanese started in 2011, as a newspaper that would focus on in-depth and investigative journalism and also push the envelope.  A difficult birth The paper was subject to an extraordinarily long licensing process by BICMA from October 2011 to February 2012. Even after completing all …

While the investigative and critical stories listed here in the last 10 years of The Bhutanese are not as high profile as the ones listed in the main story above, they also deserve a mention. 2012-2013 In its fifth issue on 7 March 2012, this paper questioned why the High …