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Bhutan aims to become free of stray dogs by 2030

Last year, authorities launched the Accelerated Dog Population Management and Rabies Control Programme (NADPM and RCP) with the twin aims of achieving 100 percent sterilization of stray dogs, register, and vaccinate all pet dogs, and control feral dogs.

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Close to 90 percent released from quarantine facilities in Bhutan

The Bhutanese government has so far spent Nu 248.279 million on hotels that served as quarantine facilities for 14,667 people as of yesterday

WHO hails Bhutan, Sri Lanka for combating COVID-19

Two countries in the South Asia region - Bhutan and Sri Lanka - came for special praise by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for conducting timely diagnosis and treatment to combat the deadly COVID-19 virus

Agriculture products export to resume from Bhutan

Bhutan Exporters Association (BEA) will resume export of cardamom by tomorrow according to the Standard Operating Procedures(SOP) for export by private exporters

Bhutanese students returning from high-risk areas to be quarantined

Classes for X and XII re-opened from yesterday except for schools in Sarpang, Samtse and Samdrupjongkhar thromdes, which are still considered as a high-risk area

More than a thousand Bhutanese attend MoLHR’s online learning

In the last three and a half months, about 4,600 Bhutanese had joined Coursera, a worldwide online learning platform founded in 2012 that offers massive open online courses (MOOC), specialisations, degrees, professional and master track courses

Bhutan Tourism Council seeks to revive tourism

With strict restrictions on travel where travellers will be put under the 21-day mandatory quarantine, the Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) is exploring options and discussing with the technical advisory group (TAG) of the health ministry to ease the restrictions

The King’s Address to the People of Bhutan – September 12, 2020

Last month, the threat of the pandemic became very real for Bhutan when the first COVID-19 cases were detected outside the quarantine facilities

Bhutanese schoolgirl returns solo on Druk flight

This does not happen often. Kinley Yangden was the lone passenger on a Druk Air cargo flight

Flu vaccination for all to start from November in Bhutan

With growing evidence suggesting that flu vaccines could provide certain protection against Covid-19, the government will start vaccination for the public in November

“Gatekeepers” to be trained for suicide prevention in Bhutan

Coinciding with the World Suicide Prevention Day, Bhutan's COVID-19 mental health and psychosocial response team launched an online training of suicide prevention for gatekeepers who interact daily with other people in the community

Bhutan has one of the highest per capita testing rates globally

Most COVID-19 positive cases detected after the nationwide lockdown was linked to earlier patients, but not all

More than half who sought counselling in Bhutan were students

Students anxious about school reopening, difficulty with online lessons, and examinations made up more than half the callers seeking counselling in the past six months in Bhutan

Bhutan’s COVID-19 story

Bhutanese were startled out of sleep in the early hours of March 6, when the Prime minister’s Office announced on social media the first novel coronavirus case in the country

There is still hope for Bhutan's economy to bounce back: Finance Minister

The economy is bad, but all hope is not lost, according to Finance Minister Namgay Tshering

Lockdown relaxation starts in Phuentsholing

Lockdown relaxation in the red zone town of Phuentsholing started from eight in the morning yesterday