Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering confirmed that there is a local transmission of Covid-19 in Phuentsholing during a press conference yesterday.

This is following the detection of four new cases outside the quarantine-like facility at the RRCO’s mini dry port (MDP) in the already marked red zone, Phuentsholing.

Two men aged 32 and 33 years, a 38-year-old woman and a five-year-old child (second child case) tested positive on the RT-PCR during the active surveillance test, which started on August 15.

These people had no direct contact with the positive cases detected from people within the MDP and also did not have any recent travel history outside the country.

In the absence of a source of exposure, the cases established that there is a local transmission in the town.

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