The fear was an explosion of a community transmission when primary contacts of the index case in Phuentsholing - Bhutan's commercial hub - started testing positive. More than 900 primary contacts were traced in all the dzongkhags and 30 of them tested positive.

Efforts to contain the spread have worked and no cases, except one in a quarantine facility in Thimphu, were reported since Friday.

As more and more people are tested in Phuentsholing, the question on every mind is why a community transmission in Phuentsholing despite having a strict Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) at the Mini Dry Port (MDP) has occurred.

On August 11, Phuentsholing reported the first local transmission case when a 25-year-old loader at the MDP tested Covid-19 positive. Another 12 loaders tested positive the next day. All of them were the primary contacts of the first case. Two positive cases, the primary contacts of the Phuentsholing case, were detected on August 18 in Paro. The most recent case of primary contact testing positive was the 35-year-old man on August 23 in Thimphu in a quarantine.

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