THIMPU: Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering has voiced concern with the prevailing danger of Covid-19 from the nation and stated:”We’ll be wiped out when we can not control the virus ”

In a speech to the country on Friday, Prime Minister Tshering educated people of this danger that the pandemic nevertheless introduced after a year and half its development in the nation, reported Kuensel.

“Many from the nation believed that after undergoing two episodes of Covid-19 epidemic, the worst was over. The vaccination programme came as a ray of hope for most,” Lyonchhen said “But look where we are now.”

He explained that it was inescapable that Bhutan also felt that the effects of the worsening position in the area, including that despite all of the preparations, there wasn’t any certainty that the nation wouldn’t encounter what India was moving through.

“The danger from the southern boundaries has reached the east. If we’re not careful, we’ll undergo the identical fate as our neighbors.” He said throughout his speech.

Lyonchhen explained this was since the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been quickly mutating and it was getting more transmissible and overpowering. He said the nation was being gradually surrounded by all corners and also when sufficient control measures weren’t put in position and when people didn’t stick to the preventative steps, the nation would be overwhelmed in no time.

“We’ll likely be pumped out in no time when we can’t control the spread today,” the prime minister explained.

Meanwhile, the Trashigang city was placed under a lockdown beginning at 7 pm May 21. All flights into the Yonphula domestic airport were likewise suspended.

The nation reported 1,392 optimistic Covid-19 cases with one death up to now, according to World Health Organisation on Sunday. A full of 482,038 vaccine doses are administered during the stated period.