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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 ministryโ€™s page and also explained the cause of death. โ€œThis time they did not for whatever reasons,โ€ 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 ministryโ€™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

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐Ž๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—347  ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.๐€๐ ๐ž: Infant to 87 years old ๐†๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ: 222 Male ...
19/02/2022

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐Ž๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—
347 ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.
๐€๐ ๐ž: Infant to 87 years old
๐†๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ: 222 Male & 125 Female
๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ž: 299 Bhutanese & 48 Non Bhutanese
๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:

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 ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ.

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
๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ I๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐, S๐ญ๐š๐ฒ S๐š๐Ÿ๐ž!

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐Ž๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— 159  ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐€๐ ๐ž: Infant to 88 years old  ๐†๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ: 94 Mal...
08/02/2022

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐Ž๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—

159 ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.

๐€๐ ๐ž: Infant to 88 years old
๐†๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ: 94 Male & 65 Female
๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: 154 Bhutanese & 5 Non Bhutanese
๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
- 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 ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ.

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

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐žโ—

Report from Trongsa.Though it's the fourth time for Bhutan and second time for central and higher altitude dzongkhags. T...
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.

  CDCL workers lose most of their belongings to fire, MonggarAbout 20 temporary structures of the Construction Developme...
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)

Current news updates136 ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ Age: 2-66  years old  Gender:  81 Male & 55 Female Nationality:  ...
27/01/2022

Current news updates
136 ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ
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.

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐Ž๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— 88 ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ. Age: 3 - 84 years old  Gender:  37 Female & 5...
20/01/2022

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐Ž๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—

88 ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.

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

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐žโ—

 59 ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ. Age: 10 Months - 64 years old  Gender:  26 Female & 33 Male Nationality:  49 Bhutane...
19/01/2022



59 ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.

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)

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž

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.

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐Ž๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— 101 ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ. Age: 4 - 66 years old  Gender:  41 Female & ...
18/01/2022

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐Ž๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—

101 ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.

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).

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐žโ—

Gedu detects one more caseAn 82-year-old woman in Gedu tested positive for COVID 19 today. She is a primary contact of t...
18/01/2022

Gedu detects one more case

An 82-year-old woman in Gedu tested positive for COVID 19 today. She is a primary contact of the 52-year-old man who tested positive for COVID-19 from Laptsakha, yesterday

The woman will be isolated in the guest house of Gedu College of Business Studies.

After the man, a returned from the PHPA, tested positive yesterday, 11 buildings- where his primary contacts stay, were cordoned off.
Following that 120 samples were sent to Phuentshogling.

A front liner tests positive from a containment centre in Samdrup JongkharA front liner stationed at the main gate in Sa...
18/01/2022

A front liner tests positive from a containment centre in Samdrup Jongkhar

A front liner stationed at the main gate in Samdrup Jongkhar tested positive for COVID-19 today. According to a source, there are 40 primary contacts of the case, however, they are all operating in 'containment mode'.

17/01/2022

PRIME MINISTERโ€™s ADDRESS โ€” BBS
โ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ข
We have made all arrangements to provide medical care to the positive cases in Wangdue at the PHPA location and if they do not fit there then arrangements can be made in Bajo hospital or even Thimphu.

17/01/2022

PRIME MINISTERโ€™s ADDRESS โ€” BBS
โ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ข
I am the biggest recipient of Kidu as His Majesty's leadership and Kidu has helped the government and people so much and avoid a lot of health, social and economic issues that other nations are facing.

17/01/2022

PRIME MINISTERโ€™s ADDRESS โ€” BBS
โ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ข
Please follow COVID protocols, avoid gatherings, wear masks etc.

17/01/2022

PRIME MINISTERโ€™s ADDRESS โ€” BBS
โ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ข
Despite our requests to avoid gatherings this lockdown shows that lot of people took part in gatherings and travel and are now requesting to travel back home.

17/01/2022

PRIME MINISTERโ€™s ADDRESS โ€” BBS
โ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ข
The Bhutanese positive case from Wangdue PHPA who went to Gedu had also gone to Thimphu to meet relatives and also had rimdro gatherimgs at Gedu. All contacts were tested and so far they are all negative.

17/01/2022

PRIME MINISTERโ€™s ADDRESS โ€” BBS
โ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ข
People from Bajo, Khuruthang and Lobesa cannot travel out for now.

17/01/2022

PRIME MINISTERโ€™s ADDRESS โ€” BBS
โ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ข
800 tests done in Bajo, Khuruthang, Lobesa as most of the PHPA workers go there but all negative. Another test to be done in another 3 days.

17/01/2022

PRIME MINISTERโ€™s ADDRESS โ€” BBS
โ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ข
His Majesty has commanded the we must continue the policy of not having any COVID cases at all.

17/01/2022

PRIME MINISTERโ€™s ADDRESS โ€” BBS
โ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ข
1,800 tests in Thimphu but no cases yet but we will still continue the lockdown for 2 more days as the virus could take time to incubate. We will do more tests in Thimphu, Paro, Punakha, Haa etc to confirm there is no virus before unlocking.

17/01/2022

PRIME MINISTERโ€™s ADDRESS โ€” BBS
โ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ข
We tested around 7,000 samples in the last 24 hours and only 141 tested positive. Most of them are from PHPA. No cases in Thimphu, Paro etc despite tests.

17/01/2022

PRIME MINISTERโ€™s ADDRESS โ€” BBS
โ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ข
Most of our cases are from either containment mode or quarantine.
Of the 110 who tested positive in PHPA only 6 are Bhutanese and the rest are expatriate workers working in containment mode.

17/01/2022

PRIME MINISTERโ€™s ADDRESS โ€” BBS
โ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ขโ€ข
We should be worried as the Omicron variant is much more transmissible.

Important!January 17, 2022Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering will address the nation tonight to present the COVID-19 scena...
17/01/2022

Important!
January 17, 2022

Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering will address the nation tonight to present the COVID-19 scenario in the country. With recent surge in detection of positive cases, mostly in the quarantine facilities, Lyonchhen will also elaborate on the course of action being taken as we observe the highest preventive mode to secure the nation from the pandemic.

Please follow BBS live after 8pm news.

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐Ž๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— 141 ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ. Age: 19 - 59 years old  Gender:  16 Female &...
17/01/2022

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐Ž๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—

141 ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.

Age: 19 - 59 years old
Gender: 16 Female & 125 Male
Nationality: 48 Bhutanese & 93 Non Bhutanese
Location: Paro: 1 (Quarantine Facility ); Wangdue: 110( Community), Gelephu:6 (1 Quarantine Facility, 1 from Community and 4 Contacts); Phuntsholing: 23 (15 Quarantine Facility, 1 Contact, 1 traveller out of Wangdue, 6 from community); Samdrupjongkhar: 1 (Quarantine Facility)

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐žโ—

17/01/2022


๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ต๐˜‚

50 additional COVID-19 positive cases were detected at workers' colony in Rurichu at Punatsangchhu-1 in Wangdue Phodrang.

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐Ž๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— 21 ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐…๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฅ...
10/01/2022

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐Ž๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—

21 ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐…๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.

Age: 21 - 50 years old
Gender: 1 Female & 20 Male
Nationality: 5 Bhutanese & 16 Non Bhutanese
Location: Gelephu (4), Phuntsholing (2), Wangduephodrang (12), Samdrup Jongkhar (3)

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐žโ—

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐Ž๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— 82 ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๏ผŽ Age: 20 - 61 years old  Gender:  3 Female & 7...
07/01/2022

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐Ž๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—

82 ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๏ผŽ

Age: 20 - 61 years old
Gender: 3 Female & 79 Male
Nationality: 12 Bhutanese & 70 Non Bhutanese
Case type:
Gelephu - 1 Imported case (Recently arrived from abroad)
Phuntsholing- 7 Imported case (Recently arrived from abroad), 1 Community
Thimphu - 7 Imported case (Recently arrived from abroad)
Wangduephodrang - 66 Imported case (Recently arrived from abroad)

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐žโ—

Accident claims a life in Tsirang A health worker at Damphu hospital in his early 20s succumbed to injuries sustained in...
06/01/2022

Accident claims a life in Tsirang

A health worker at Damphu hospital in his early 20s succumbed to injuries sustained in a vehicle accident yesterday night in Gosarling.
Sources said that speeding and drink driving are suspected to be the cause of the accident. The body of the deceased was handed over to the relatives today.

Source: Kuensel

Fire accident claims a life BumthangA 12-year-old girl died in a house fire accident earlier this morning at Nashphel in...
06/01/2022

Fire accident claims a life
Bumthang

A 12-year-old girl died in a house fire accident earlier this morning at Nashphel in Bumthang town. The girl was a class V student of Wangdueholing Lower Secondary School. Her mother also suffered minor burns on her hand but the stepfather and her uncle escaped unhurt. They were living in a temporary hut near a sawmill. The fire destroyed two huts.

The other family didnโ€™t have any casualties but no properties could be salvaged.

Police fire brigade, Drukair Corporation and Bumthang Municipality's fire fighting vehicles and volunteers could stop the fire from spreading to the nearby huts and forest.

The cause of the fire is not known yet.

Source: BBS

31/12/2021

To make new year eventful and memorable, we urge everyone to celebrate the new year eve with your loved ones in the cozy comfort of your own houses. The covid protocols will be strictly implemented and there will be no time extension beyond 10 PM. Deeply regret the inconvinences to all. Hope every citizen will stand in unionism to these trying times......HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.

Royal Bhutan Police

Accident claims lifeA sixty-one-year-old driver died on the spot when the Bolero Truck he was driving veered off the roa...
27/12/2021

Accident claims life

A sixty-one-year-old driver died on the spot when the Bolero Truck he was driving veered off the road and fell about 20 meters below the farm road at Wangling village under Monggar Gewog.

The accident happened at around 4:00 in the evening yesterday. Police suspect drink-driving as the cause of the accident.

Meanwhile, the deceased man's wife escaped with minor injuries.

Picture Courtesy: RBP, Monggar

 Vehicle accident claims lifeA 30-year-old man died on the spot when the bolero truck he was driving veered off the road...
16/12/2021


Vehicle accident claims life

A 30-year-old man died on the spot when the bolero truck he was driving veered off the road at Lalikhob under Chhudzom Gewog in Sarpang last night. It is about 32 kilometres from Gelephu, Sarpang.

He was with his friend when the mishap occurred. The 32-year-old man escaped with minor injuries.
He was admitted at the Gelephu Central Regional Referral Hospital and was discharged this morning. They were on their way to Jangchhubling to sell eggs.

The deceased is from Sherabling and is survived by his wife and a two-month-old infant. The body was handed over to his family.

Police doubt the bad road condition to be the cause of the accident.

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