16/02/2022
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The National COVID-19 Taskforce informs all that ๐ง๐จ lockdown is being declared in Thimphu for now.
However, a COVID-19 community case was confirmed in the capital today. He had visited the Rinchen Kuenphen flu clinic yesterday, and confirmatory test was carried out. His residential building at Kabesa and the neighbourhood were also screened today, out of which his immediate family members and two of the neighbours tested positive.
While the positive cases have been isolated, the entire cluster is cordoned off from the public.
The man has a travel history to Phuentsholing. He had completed the seven-day quarantine requirement, and as a high-risk group, he was also asked to โself-isolateโ for another seven days upon returning home. He visited the flu clinic after showing symptoms on February 15.
A woman, who travelled with him, also tested positive on antigen in Paro. A confirmatory RT-PCR test is underway at the moment. Together, over 69 contacts in Paro and Thimphu have been traced so far and are being closely monitored.
๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ: ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฆ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ก๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง ๐
๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐, ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ โ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐โ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ.
๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐-๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐
๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐. ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ .
Despite numerous appeals, our streets throng with people and some are still disregarding the basic COVID-19 protocols like wearing masks. The risks are growing by the hour. As cautioned multiple times, lockdowns are imminent if situation worsens. Everyone is aware that we resort to lockdowns as the final means to break the chain of disease transmission.
No gathering of any sort is allowed across the nation for now and travels are highly discouraged. ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ค๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐
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