Saturday, June 7, 2025
  • Contact Us
  • About BBS
  • Privacy & Policy
ENG
DZO
BBSCL Logo
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • More
    • Announcement
    • Audience Survey Report
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule
Radio Live
No Result
View All Result
BBSCL logo
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • More
    • Announcement
    • Audience Survey Report
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule
No Result
View All Result
BBSCL logo
Radio LIVE

More than 90 per cent of 18 years old and above received COVID booster shots

March 5, 2022
in Health
Reading Time: 1 min read
0
0
SHARES
4
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

As of today, mobile vaccination teams in Thimphu gave boosters to nearly 6,000 people who are 18 years and above. According to the health ministry, other districts will also continue to vaccinate until all eligible population is vaccinated. There are more than 530,000 people in this age group in the country. And 90 per cent of them have received booster doses.

There are nine mobile vaccination teams in Thimphu. With help from DeSuups, they have been visiting people to give booster doses since Tuesday. This will continue until new announcements to avoid crowding and virus spread. The movement restrictions have been in place in Thimphu for ten days now.

Bhutan started giving COVID-19 booster shots in December last year for priority groups. Senior citizens, outbound travellers, health workers, all persons with chronic medical conditions and all adults residing in the high-risk areas received boosters. Bhutan became the first country in the South Asian region to administer booster doses.

The booster dose is to boost the antibody level and improve protection against the virus. The antibody level and the effect of the vaccine wanes after about six months.

Sonam Tenzin

Previous Post

Integrated water supply scheme encourages more farmers to take up agriculture and livestock farming

Next Post

No quarantine for individuals recovered from COVID-19

Next Post
No quarantine for individuals recovered from COVID-19

No quarantine for individuals recovered from COVID-19

Lack of quarantine facilities for stranded people in Sarpang

Lack of quarantine facilities for stranded people in Sarpang

Lockdown relaxation in Wangdue to depend on continued cooperation from the public

Lockdown relaxation in Wangdue to depend on continued cooperation from the public

Please login to join discussion

RECOMMENDED NEWS

Jigme Wangchuck Power Training Institute without power supply

Jigme Wangchuck Power Training Institute without power supply

8 years ago
2
BOC working on the list of non-contact sports that will be allowed during the unlocking phase

BOC working on the list of non-contact sports that will be allowed during the unlocking phase

5 years ago
7

Wangdue DT considers Kamichhu area for Gewog Throm development

2 years ago
2
EU to provide financial assistance to CSOs

EU to provide financial assistance to CSOs

8 years ago
4

BROWSE BY CATEGORIES

  • Accidents (14)
  • Agriculture (426)
  • Announcement (174)
  • Audience Survey Report (1)
  • Business (744)
  • Crime/Legal (367)
  • Culture (47)
  • Development (51)
  • Disaster (57)
  • Economy (277)
  • Education (412)
  • Entertainment (13)
  • Environment (60)
  • Feature (65)
  • Featured (6)
  • Festival (78)
  • GMC (14)
  • Headlines (6)
  • Health (622)
  • Legal (52)
  • Literature (9)
  • Livestock (75)
  • Media (25)
  • Other Stories (5,574)
  • Politics (419)
  • RCSC (1)
  • Recent stories (5)
  • Religion (45)
  • Sci/Tech (709)
  • Social (515)
  • Sports (449)
  • Technology (190)
  • Tourism (19)
  • Uncategorized (13,866)
  • Video (136)
  • Video Story (249)
  • Wildlife (42)

BROWSE BY TOPICS

Tender Announcement Vacancy Announcement

POPULAR NEWS

  • BPC’s investigation rules out transformer short circuit as Damchhu forest fire cause

    Viral video of Bhutanese man assaulted by locals and police in Jaigaon sparks safety concerns

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Gelephu Mindfulness City opens recruitment drive for Bhutanese professionals

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Newspaper accuses DPT candidate of political ploy

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • A centenarian’s recipe to longevity

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • 40 companies risk closure over failure to submit financial reports

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
BBSCL

Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS) is Bhutan’s primary national broadcaster, delivering diverse news and entertainment in multiple languages, fostering cultural understanding and public knowledge.

Follow us on social media:

Recent News

  • RMA to roll out seven new measures for loan repayment support
  • National Housing Strategy to be ready by September
  • Bhutan begins NFT sales, to preserve heritage
  • City bus viability raised in parliament, MoIT minister cites past privatisation failures
  • Paro MP questions airport expansion impact on affected landowners

News Category

  • Accidents
  • Agriculture
  • Announcement
  • Audience Survey Report
  • Business
  • Crime/Legal
  • Culture
  • Development
  • Disaster
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Environment
  • Feature
  • Featured
  • Festival
  • GMC
  • Headlines
  • Health
  • Legal
  • Literature
  • Livestock
  • Media
  • Other Stories
  • Politics
  • RCSC
  • Recent stories
  • Religion
  • Sci/Tech
  • Social
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Tourism
  • Uncategorized
  • Video
  • Video Story
  • Wildlife
  • Contact Us
  • About BBS
  • Privacy & Policy

© 2024 BBSCL. All rights reserved.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • More
    • Announcement
    • Audience Survey Report
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule

© 2024 BBSCL. All rights reserved.