Had it not been for the health ministry’s stringent protocols, the country could have seen another case of local transmission.

On September 26, two Indian Military Training Team (IMTRAT) officials in Phuentsholing tested positive for Covid-19 during the routine screening of travellers from high risk to low risk areas. The two officials were exiting Phuentsholing following the completion of the seven-day quarantine. The ministry mandates a RT-PCR test at the end of the quarantine period, which is when the two IMTRAT personnel were detected positive.

If this extra layer of surveillance (test at the end of quarantine) was not carried out, the two individuals would have taken the infection to other dzongkhags – Thimphu, Paro or Haa, where the team has bases. They have left the country.

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