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Experts recommend waiting until the end of winter before deciding to open up

Kuensel
08 Nov 2021
  Bhutan

Bhutan announces reopening of entertainment centres in low-risk areas

Northeast Now
10 Oct 2021
  Bhutan

Surge in COVID-19 Cases Highlights Need to Ramp Up Vaccinations in Asia and the Pacific

Asian Development Bank
09 Aug 2021
  Indonesia;   Bangladesh;   Fiji;   Papua New Guinea

Bhutan sends vaccine to her Himalayan neighbour

Kuensel
07 Aug 2021
  Bhutan;   Nepal

Customs (amendment) Act 2021 comes into force

Kuensel
31 Jul 2021
  Bhutan

Bhutan’s Covid-19 vaccination campaign

Kuensel Online
24 Jul 2021
  Bhutan

Second round of mass vaccination to begin from July 20

Kuensel
13 Jul 2021
  Bhutan

US' gift of 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses reach Bhutan

ANI News
13 Jul 2021
  United States;   Bhutan

In brief: news from around the Pacific

RNZ
07 Jul 2021
  Papua New Guinea;   Samoa;   Tonga

World Bank’s Operational Response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in East Asia and the Pacific

World Bank
10 Jun 2021
  Cambodia;   People's Republic of China;   Fiji;   Indonesia;   Kiribati;   Lao PDR;   Marshall Islands;   Federated States of Micronesia;   Mongolia;   Myanmar;   Papua New Guinea;   Philippines;   Samoa;   Solomon Islands;   Timor-Leste;   Tonga;   Tuvalu;   Vanuatu;   Viet Nam

Won’t pressure India to supply COVID vaccine: Bhutan PM Dr Lotay Tshering

East Mojo
03 Jun 2021
  Bhutan

Another lockdown imposed in Bhutan’s border areas, PM Lotay Tshering urges people to stay home

Northeast Now
18 Apr 2021
  Bhutan

Bhutan vaccinates 60% of population in record time

France 24
07 Apr 2021
  Bhutan

PM urges people to register for Covid-19 vaccine

Kuensel
18 Mar 2021
  Bhutan

Australia to send coronavirus vaccines to PNG amid outbreak

Solomon Times
18 Mar 2021
  Australia;   Papua New Guinea

Relatively unscathed Bhutan to start vaccinations

The Straits Times
01 Mar 2021
  Bhutan

Papua New Guinea reopens for limited international flights

Ch-aviation
02 Feb 2021
  Papua New Guinea

Bhutan conducts mass testing in capital to ease lockdown

Xinhuanet
25 Jan 2021
  Bhutan

India starts COVID-19 vaccine exports with shipments to Bhutan

CNA
20 Jan 2021
  India;   Bhutan

Bhutan, Maldives to be the first recipients of India's gift of Covid-19 vaccines

The Hindu Business Line
19 Jan 2021
  Bhutan;   India;   Maldives