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With the implementation of the Phase II in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the vulnerable groups are now more at risk of getting infected by the virus, as the Omicron variant is more infectious. Children below the age of 5 years, people with underlying health condition/ co-morbid, elderly …

COVID transmission in relaxed Dzongkhags relatively low During the live session, the member of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG), Dr Sonam Wangchuk, said that the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 is not important, but rather the percentage of population testing positive will be the basis on which the …

The Prime Minister Dasho Dr Lotay Tshering before Losar announced to the people of Bhutan that starting mid-April 2022, the country will not resort to lockdowns, even after the detection of COVID-19 cases in the community. However, the new strategies will be recommended by the Ministry of Health (MoH) Technical …

Responding to questions from the public about allowing sports and not using face masks like in other countries, Health Minister Dasho Dechen Wangmo said that they cannot afford to follow other countries, given the situation. She said that it is nothing for other countries to lose thousands of lives while …

The Punatsangchu I project was the main focus on 17 April 2013 which showed that decision to relocate the dam site by the cabinet based in the advice of PHPA and an okay from Indian Consultants pushed up the project costs. The project later found a right bank weakness which …

Haa police has apprehended two suspects, a man aged 36 years from Haa and a woman aged 27 years from Dagana on 20 February at around 4 PM in connection to illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. The police seized 118 tablets of N10, 33 capsules of SP+, …

With the official approval from the Cabinet in the end of the September 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MoLHR) has resumed the Overseas Employment Scheme, which was put at halt after the first detection of COVID-19 case in the country in March 2020. The scheme was initially …

After a wet and cloudy January, Bhutan saw its first heavy snowfall in a decade not only for valleys of Thimphu, Paro, Gasa, Haa and Bumthang but also for low-lying regions like Trashiyangtse, Wangduephodrang, Trongsa, Dagana, Zhemgang and Punakha. In Punakha, it was the first snowfall in 64 years coinciding …

Phuentsholing has 835 active cases currently. The previously reported three patients in critical conditions have improved but are still under monitoring. They are in RIGSS isolation in Phuentsholing. But, there are other three critical cases with underlying medical conditions. They are more severe from the underlying medical conditions than from COVID-19, …

Karma Yonten, Head of Office of Performance management under His Majesty’s Secretariat, said the country is divided into four zones according to the extent of spread of the virus.  “When the first case is detected in a dzongkhag, the dzongkhag is declared as a black zone and blackout is declared …