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Bhutan imposes 1st nationwide corona lockdown

August 14, 2020

BBy News report

THIMPU: The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has imposed its first nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus infection in a returning traveller who had been released from quarantine.

The government issued a stay-at-home order for its approximately 750,000 people, and all schools, offices and commercial establishments were closed, foreign media reported on Thursday.