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Thimpu, August 13
Bhutan has imposed its first nationwide lockdown due to a virus infection in a returning traveller who had been released from quarantine.
The government issued a stay-at-home order for its 7,50,000 people, and all schools, offices and commercial establishments were closed.
The tourism-dependent country closed its borders in March after an American was found Covid positive. — AP
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