National Situational Update on COVID-19 (10/08/2020)

Data as of 09/08/2020
Source: Ministry of Health-Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MoHBhutan

Highlights:

A 33-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman returning from India, have tested positive in COVID-19 test while in quarantine at Phuntsholing taking the overall total for confirmed cases to 110 and total for active cases to 14.

Appeal:

a. Ministry of Health urges people living across the border to return to Bhutan in time to be safe. The government will provide good quarantine facility, test for COVID-19 and if found to be positive, early treatment will be initiated. Thus reducing the risk of spreading the disease to others in your family.

b. The Ministry of Health would like to appeal to every Bhutanese to strictly abide by the COVID-19 prevention measures put in place by the government. One such critical measure is the mandatory quarantine of 21 days for all Bhutanese entering the country from an overseas travel/stay, we request every Bhutanese returning to the country to strictly abide by it or face consequences as per the laws of the land.

c. The Ministry of Health strongly urges all Bhutanese especially those residing in the southern border towns to practice effective physical distancing, good personal hygiene, and proper cough etiquette, at all times.

Definitions:

a. Confirmed: number of people who have tested positive through COVID-19 tests.

b. Active: number of people who are currently in the isolation facilities because they are still COVID-19 positive.

c. Recovered: number of people who have tested negative on COVID-19 test and declared as recovered. Those who test negative twice over a 24 hour period are kept under 14 days of observation in a quarantine facility.

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