New Delhi (NVI): Bhutan has confirmed its third COVID-19 case after a student was found positive yesterday.
As per media reports, the third positive case of coronavirus in the country is an imported one. The student had a travel history from the United Kingdom (UK) and is already in quarantine in Thimphu.
Among the 25 tests conducted in Bhutan yesterday, one tested positive late last evening.
Twenty-two people were tested in Thimphu’s Royal Centre for Disease Control and three of them in Chukha’s Phuentsholing Hospital.
The Ministry of Health has already initiated contact tracing but most of the student’s contacts are already under quarantine.
Two American tourists had earlier been tested positive for coronavirus in Bhutan.
The first patient who had been tested positive for coronavirus was a 76-year-old tourist from the USA, who visited India, including Assam.
He had reached Assam on February 22 and took a week-long luxury cruise ride on the Brahmaputra to Guwahati.
The second person who was infected with coronavirus was a 59-year-old lady who is the partner of the tourist who had been first tested positive for COVID-19 in Bhutan.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Bhutan government banned the import of fruit, vegetables, and meat in an attempt to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country.
