
Gasa tshachu caps number of visitors for safety
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Gasa tshachu, which closed on March 22 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, reopened to the public on July 3.

Covid-19 will not affect Bhutan’s graduation from LDC: PM
The Covid-19-induced economic disruptions will not affect Bhutan’s plans to graduate from the club of the United Nations’ Least Developed Countries (LDC) in 2023, the prime minister said in a recent interview with Kuensel.

Scrap business comes to a halt
If waste is a problem, it could get worse with waste collectors, scrap dealers and exporters all experiencing their line of business come to a halt.

Preventing dengue a collective responsibility
If the images of places officials from the malaria unit in Phuentsholing visited are anything to go by, there is a lot of work to be done to contain another outbreak of dengue in the border town.

The women guards of Dekiling
Migma Lhamo Sherpa is a community volunteer from Sarpang. At the watchtower in Dekiling, on the Sarpang-Gelephu highway, she is having a late lunch. Her friend has left for an urgent medical check-up.



Bolstering safety measures in Damphu
Adhering to the government’s notification on additional measures to prevent the local transmission of Covid-19 in the country, Tsirang dzongkhag administration and police have enforced mandatory use of face masks for vendors and customers at the weekend vegetable market in Damphu.

Teachers build hand-washing stations in Punakha
Students of Punakha dzongkhag resumed their academic session in clean classrooms, and with new hand-washing stations, cleaned and built by their teachers.

UNDP and GNHC sign project on Covid-19 response and recovery
The Gross National Happiness Commission and UNDP Bhutan signed a partnership agreement on July 2 to mark the start of a new UNDP-supported Covid-19 response and recovery project funded by the Government of Japan (GoJ).

When the abusers and abused stay home
“Stay home, be safe” is the mantra these days. Lockdown, work-from-home, physical or the social distancing, isolation and quarantine are the buzzwords.

Bhutan’s Covid-19 status so far so good: Health Minister
While the country’s Covid-19 tally has been increasing, there has been zero death. The country recorded 34 new Covid-19 positive cases last month, but the country’s recovery rate is 83 percent.

New testing procedure for emergency cases in high risk areas
In addition to the two existing tests–rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and the reverse transcription- polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)–the health ministry will start conducting rapid antigen tests in the country.