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24/12/2023

News Report: Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde's Annual Tshechu Kicks Off!

Date: 24th December 2023

Samdrup Jongkhar Thromde's much-anticipated Annual Tshechu has officially commenced today, marking the beginning of three days filled with cultural splendor. The event is highlighted by a series of sacred mask dances, including SINJE YAB YUM CHAM, SHA ZAM CHAM, SA CHOG ZHA NAG CHHAM, ZHA NAG NGA CHHAM, DAM SID NULIMAI CHAM, JU GING, and DRI GING.

The lively performances attracted a gathering of hundreds of devotees eager to witness the rich cultural heritage on display. The sacred mask dances, each holding significant cultural and spiritual meanings, added a spectacular dimension to the festivities.

Stay tuned for more updates as we delve into the intricacies of these mesmerizing mask dances and bring you closer to the heart of this cultural celebration.

21/12/2023

03/03/2023

Bhutan's Helicopter got crashed today in Lunana at around 2:30 pm

24/01/2023

Monlam Chenmo started in Samdrup Jongkhar from today onwards
24/01/2023

30/03/2022

A man dies with Covid-19
March 30th, 2022
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Nima Wangdi

A Bhutan Power Corporation Ltd employee died with Covid-19 on March 28 morning. However, it was not reflected in the Covid-19 daily dashboard of the health ministry as of yesterday.

Those who knew the deceased wondered why the health ministry did not declare his death to the public. As of yesterday, the dashboard showed only 10 deaths related to Covid-19. The latest Covid-19 death was an unvaccinated 90-year old man who suffered from renal failure.

The deceased, in his late 20s, died at Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital on March 28 after he tested positive for the virus. Kuensel confirmed that he was recently diagnosed with kidney failure and had high blood pressure.

The Red Cross cremated the body at Hejo crematorium yesterday. Sources from the Red Cross at the crematorium said that the body was wrapped and sealed like other Covi-19 patient deaths.

Those at the crematorium said that the information should have been shared with the public on March 28 evening as was the practice.

A Thimphu resident said usually the ministry updated the people on every case of death with Covid-19 on the ministry’s page and also explained the cause of death. “This time they did not for whatever reasons,” he said.

Kuensel confirmed from health personnel and those who worked with the deceased that he had died due to some complications during the dialysis.

Kuensel learned that of the 3,497 active cases, 40 are in Covid-19 hospital, 611 are in isolation facilities and 2,846 are under home quarantine.

Likewise, 1,006 are said to be asymptomatic and 2,475 have mild symptoms. One each in Mongar, Phuentsholing, and Samtse, 10 in Thimphu, and two in Gelephu have moderate symptoms.

Kuensel also learned that one in Thimphu is in critical condition.

According to records, 25,876 people have tested positive to date since the onset of the pandemic and 22,369 have recovered.

The health ministry’s focal person for the surveillance could not be reached.

05/03/2022

Another death with COVID, taking the toll to seven

An unvaccinated 83-year-old-man with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and a probable stroke patient who has been bed ridden for more than a year has expired at the Isolation Facility at the Royal Institute of Governance and Strategic Studies.

According to the health ministry, the deceased tested positive for COVID-19 on February 18 and was due to complete his isolation. He suffered from a cardiac arrest on Friday evening, March 4.

Ministry of Health, Royal Government of Bhutan

19/02/2022

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃-𝟏𝟗
347 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟒 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.
𝐀𝐠𝐞: Infant to 87 years old
𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫: 222 Male & 125 Female
𝐁𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞: 299 Bhutanese & 48 Non Bhutanese
𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:

Chukha: 235
- Phuntsholing: 216 Community, 11 Contact, 5 Domestic Traveler
- Gedu: 3 Contact

Pemagatshel (Nganglam): 4 Contact

Punakha: 1 Contact

Samdrupjongkhar: 50
- Dewathang: 1 Community
- Jomotshangkha: 4 Contact
- Samdrupjongkhar Thromde: 3 Community, 40 Contact, 1 Domestic Traveler
- Samdrupcholing: 1 Contact

Samtse: 11
- Norbugang: 1 Community, 1 Contact
- Dhamdum: 4 Contact
- Samtse: 1 Community
- Sipsoo: 1 Community
- Gomtu: 1 Contact
- QF: 2 Contact

Sarpang (Gelephu) : 1 Community, 25 Contact

Thimphu: 11
- Changbangdu: 5 Contact
- Changangkha: 1 Contact
- QF: 5 Contact

Wangdue Phodrang: 9
- Bjimithangkha: 2 Community
- Bajo: 5 Community, 1 Contact
- Dzawakha:1 Community

208 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲.

Note
Infant: A baby from birth till 1 year of age.
Domestic Travel: Travelers from high to low risk areas in the country and detected in QF.
QF: Quarantine Facility
𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 I𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝, S𝐭𝐚𝐲 S𝐚𝐟𝐞!

08/02/2022

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃-𝟏𝟗

159 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟒 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.

𝐀𝐠𝐞: Infant to 88 years old
𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫: 94 Male & 65 Female
𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: 154 Bhutanese & 5 Non Bhutanese
𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
- Chukha: 62 (18 Community, 41 Contact, 3 Imported) (Phuntsholing)
- Pemagatshel (Nganglam): 2 (Contact)
- Paro: 1 (Imported)
- Punakha: 3 (2 Community, 1 Contact)
- Samdrupjongkhar: 50 (2 Community, 48 Contact)
- Sarpang (Gelephu): 19 (Contact)
- Thimphu: 10 (3 Community from Babesa zone , 7 Contact from red building/QF)
- Wangduephodrang: 12 (1 Community, 11 Contact)

412 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲.

Note
Infant: A baby from birth to 1 year old.
QF- Quarantine Facility

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞❗

04/02/2022

Report from Trongsa.

Though it's the fourth time for Bhutan and second time for central and higher altitude dzongkhags. Trongsa is receiving a thick blanket of snowfall for the second time. And it's expected to receive much henceforth till midnight or tomorrow. The high passes are experiencing difficulty in clearing the blockage by snow like Dochula, Pelela, Yotongla, Thrumshingla and so on. The Department of Roads are trying their best to clear the traffic but due to the heavy snowfall, they are not able to clear the work for traffic.

31/01/2022

CDCL workers lose most of their belongings to fire, Monggar

About 20 temporary structures of the Construction Development Corporation Limited at the Gyalpoizhing college in Monggar were lost to a fire earlier today. The incident occurred at about 6.30 pm.

The workers of CDCL were using the makeshift structures as a labour camp while doing some construction activities on the college campus. Although there is no report of any casualties, the occupants lost most of their belongings to the fire.

According to the police, the cause of the fire is yet to be known. Police, Dessups and staff of Gyalpoizhing College of Information Technology contained the fire a while ago.

(Pic: RBP, Gyalpoizhing)

27/01/2022

Current news updates
136 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟒 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬
Age: 2-66 years old
Gender: 81 Male & 55 Female
Nationality: 121 Bhutanese & 15 Non Bhutanese
Location:
- Sarpang (Gelephu): 29 (2 Community, 27 Contact)
- Thimphu: 6 (5 Community, 1 Contact)
- Chukha ( Phuntsholing): 19 ( 6 Community, 11 Contact, 2 Imported case)
- Samdrupjongkhar: 12 ( 2 Community, 10 Contact )
- Pemagatshel: 5 Contact
- Punakha: 4 Contact
- Wangduephodrang: 61 (Contact)

25/01/2022

A 21-year-old woman is in custody for allegedly killing her three-day-old baby boy. A person called 113 at about 6.40 AM today after sighting the body at Central Plaza area in Olakha, Thimphu.

Investigating police from the South Thimphu Police Station interrogated some women captured on CCTV camera at the area which led to the suspect. Police said the suspect confessed to killing her baby and throwing away. The suspect works in a shop in Thimphu and sources said most of her friends were unaware of her pregnancy.

20/01/2022

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃-𝟏𝟗

88 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟒 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.

Age: 3 - 84 years old
Gender: 37 Female & 51 Male
Nationality: 87 Bhutanese & 1 Non Bhutanese
Location:
- Paro: 3 (2 Frontliner on duty in QF, 1 Imported from QF);
- Samdrup Jongkhar : 13 (2 Community, 11 Contact in QF),
- Wangdue Phodrang: 23 (Community ),
- Punakha: 3 (Community),
- Thimphu: 1 (Contact from QF),
- Gelephu: 23 (12 Contacts in QF, 11 Community),
- Phuntsholing: 22 (5QF, 3 contact in QF, 14 Community)

NOTE:
QF- Quarantine Facility

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞❗

19/01/2022

59 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟒 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.

Age: 10 Months - 64 years old
Gender: 26 Female & 33 Male
Nationality: 49 Bhutanese & 10 Non Bhutanese
Location:
- Zhemgang: 1 (Contact)
- Wangduephodrang: 3 (Community)
- Phuntsholing: 22 (9 Quarantine Facility, 4 Contact, 9 Community)
- Samdrupjongkhar: 6 (4 Quarantine Facility, 2 Frontliner on duty)
- Gelephu: 11 (3 Quarantine Facility, 5 Contact, 3 Community)
- Thimphu: 16 (4 Frontliner on duty, 2 Contact, 10 Quarantine Facility)

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞

19/01/2022

Two health workers test positive, Wangdue Phodrang

A couple working in the hospital in Wangdue Phodrang tested positive for COVID-19 today. They were detected with the virus after the husband underwent a test. He was unwell for quite some time with flu-like symptoms.

According to a source, the couple has no travel history. However, the wife reportedly has some contacts in her duty place and also attended a baby shower nearby her place recently. The source also said that the woman visited Bajo town recently.

The couple lives in the hospital colony with one of their children.

18/01/2022

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃-𝟏𝟗

101 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟒 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.

Age: 4 - 66 years old
Gender: 41 Female & 60 Male
Nationality: 48 Bhutanese & 93 Non Bhutanese
Location: Chukha: 1(Contact), Mongar:1 (Contact), Samdrupjongkhar:9 (8 Quarantine Facility, 1 Containment), Wangduephodrang : 3(Community), Punakha : 2 (Community), Phuntsholing: 22 ( 5 Quarantine Facility, 9 Contacts, 8 Community), Gelephu: 16 (1 Contact, 15 community), Paro: 43 (Quarantine Facility), Thimphu: 3 (Quarantine Facility), Samtse: 1 (Community).

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞❗