Four people, who recently returned from the Middle East, have tested positive for COVID-19. They were in a quarantine facility in Thimphu.
According to health officials, two are men aged 33 and 32 years old, and two are women, aged 23 and 26 years old. While three of them had returned from Dubai on May 11, one of them had travelled from Doha on May 12.
They have been moved to the isolation centre in Thimphu.
With the four new cases, the country records a total of 15 confirmed COVID-19 cases. Five have recovered. All of the positive cases in the country are imported cases.
Meanwhile, in view of the increasing number of imported cases, the Ministry of Health tested around 300 personnel at Paro International Airport today using rapid test kit. This includes staff of Drukair and Bhutan Airlines, staff of the Department of Air Transport, security staff, health officials, customs and immigration personnel at Paro and Desuups helping at the airport.
Samten Dolkar
