Sarpang like any other dzongkhags in the country was on its way to ease the lockdown when a frontline worker test positive for COVID-19 yesterday.

The 22-year-old frontline worker, who is the third positive case in the dzongkhag, visited Gelephu Central Regional Referral Hospital’s emergency ward with flu-like symptoms towards midnight on Wednesday.

The patient was referred to Thimphu yesterday.

Over 30 contacts of the positive case, all frontline workers were quarantined. The surveillance and contact tracing continues.

The close contacts of the case include three health officials who attended him at the emergency ward. The flu-screening centre located separately in the old hospital block is operational from 9 am till 3 pm.

The surveillance and contact tracing team from Gelephu CRRH collected over 80 samples from the point of entry in Gelephu and Bhur gewog.

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