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During the Meet-the-Press held yesterday, Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering said that under Royal Command the Ministry of Health is considering providing the flu vaccination for every individual from the next season. PM said ordinary flu will complicate or mix with other flu like symptoms, like in the present case …

Tour operators and the artisans in the country are beneficiaries of the Druk Gyalpo’s Kidu Relief Fund. Executive Director of the Association of Bhutanese Tour Operators (ABTO), Sonam Dorji, said that the Druk Gyalpo’s Relief Kidu Fund comes as a huge respite for tourism industry as the sector was the …

In collaboration with His Majesty’s Kidu Unit, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has set targets to protect the vulnerable sections of the population in the country. As the epidemiology change happens, it becomes very critical to protect the vulnerable population that includes the elderly population and population with co-morbidities said …

Thimphu Police Station (PS) and Phuentsholing PS usually record high crime rates. The two stations combined make the figures for highest crime rate in Bhutan.  But the crime rate this year, from January to April 2020, compared to previous years has actually decreased. The closure of entertainment centers and shops …

At the Meet-the-Press session held yesterday, the Foreign Minister Dr Tandi Dorji highlighted the areas that can be enhanced in the tourism sector during the COVID-19 period. He said that even before COVID-19 pandemic, the policy change recommended in the Tourism Levy Exemption (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan during the National …

Happy with interest waiver and loan deferral Taxi drivers in the country are one of the beneficiaries of the Druk Gyalpo’s Relief Kidu. However, many taxi drivers said they are not applying for the fund, but rather keeping the option for other badly affected citizens. Chairman of Bhutan Taxi Association, …

Tshewang Tashi, Dy. Chief of PPD, MoAF said “Under the leadership of the government, we have formed a task force called National Vegetable Management Taskforce (NVMT) who will take care of constant supply of vegetable during the COVID-19 emergency or beyond.” NVMT will look into from where they will outsource …

The government has evacuated 756 Bhutanese in India comprising of; 240 people from Delhi, 139 from Bangalore, 110 people from Chandigarh, 135 people from Amrithsar, 51 from Kolkata and 81 from Chennai, India in the first phase. About 70 percent of the people evacuated are students. In addition 59 were …

The Health Minister Lyonpo Dechen Wangmo said that it will be mandatory for Bhutanese to wear masks if Bhutan goes into the red zone. In an interview to The Bhutanese she said, “A lot of the countries around the world recommending face masks is due to the presence of community …

The Health Minister said that a Bhutanese patient or the fourth case has tested negative twice for the COVID-19 virus and so she is out of the isolation ward in the hospital and is now in quarantine in a hotel. The other two girls who are case number three and …