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One frontline worker tested positive for COVID-19 in Gelephu on 27 August through which they have done contact tracing and as of evening of 28 August everyone who are connected to index case tested negative. The Health Minister during the press briefing said, “We should consider that it is a …

Question: What are the new SOP measures and compliance measures at the MDP to ensure our lifeline remains open and functional? Taskforce: Bhutan relies heavily on imports of a variety of goods and commodities from the region and beyond and Phuentsholing has always been the key hub for trade and …

The pandemic has caused a lot of inconveniences to the people and to the government. Many lost their jobs while businesses have gone down. Until the lockdown, people were managing to pay their rents and some with rent concessions. Now, due to the lockdown, people depending upon small businesses (especially …

Though supply of essential goods and vegetables in the capital are challenging, the supply of the same is going smoothly in rural areas during the lockdown. The lockdown did not impact people as much in the villages as most of the vegetables are harvested by them on their own and …

Plans being discussed for meat delivery With the zoning cards recently issued to each household in Thimphu it would surely add up to the surveillance teams’ tasks as there would be more offences to look into. However, Karma Yonten, head of the Office of Performance Management (OPM) , His Majesty’s …

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) has received 45 criminal cases from all over the country and has arrested 61 people in connection to the registered cases. Thimphu has contributed the highest with 21 cases followed by Sarpang RBP with 8 cases. Rest just has 2 to 3 cases each. The 45 …

With the fourth day of national lockdown the isolation ward in Phuentsholing are managing positive cases without much problem. In the first day of lockdown, three positive cases was reported and in the following day it was 12 positive cases which was a huge number. The Covid centre in Phuentsholing …

Since the lockdown, many vehicles and people got stranded in different Dzongkhags but each Dzongkhag is facilitating people with directives from the government. Those vehicles stranded in between the highways were cleared on the first day. Prime Minister Dr. Lotay Tshering said that there are a lot of inconveniences caused …

The Foreign Minister Tandi Dorji yesterday during a panel discussion highlighted the government’s plan for a second phase for essential item delivery if the lockdown has to prolong. After some recent commotion and frustration of people on social media on the initial days of the lockdown, the government recently deployed …

Due to COVID-19 and large job losses, a large number of people have started taking up Professional Driving (PD) courses leaving the full time taxi drivers with minimal business scope.  As of 30 June 2020, Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)issued more than 125,041 ordinary driving licenses and 19,673 PD …