Vehicle movement to and from Phuentsholing is stopped for the next three days to step up surveillance in Bhutan's border town following the 19 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The new cases were detected through active community surveillance in Phuentsholing.

Health Minister Dechen Wangmo said that because the new cases were detected from the community, to rule out the risk of a wider spread of the virus, the intervention was put in place since the night of August 25.

Lyonpo said that the movement of vehicles and people in and out of Phuentsholing would be restricted until the surveillance team completes the secondary level of contact tracing.

With about 80 immediate contacts of those who tested positive already traced, contact tracing of the 19 individuals is underway. Lyonpo said that although the contacts would have been tested, they might not have been picked up immediately by the tests given the incubation period.

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