Coronavirus

Dharamshala: Recent surfacing of new coronavirus cases among Tibetans in Dharamshala who had just returned from outstation trips has prompted the CTA task force to renew public appeals to avoid non-essential travels and keep up social distancing at all times until the cure is available. More

Dharamshala: The Tibetan community in India and Nepal reported 87 new cases over the past week indicating a sustained reduction in the cases compared to the week earlier. Addressing the 32nd COVID-19 briefing, Dr. More

Dharamshala: In a briefing on the COVID status in Tibetan diaspora held today, Dr Tsering Tsamchoe said 168 new cases have been reported this week across India and Nepal (136 from India and 32 from Nepal). More

Dharamshala: CTA President Dr Lobsang Sangay wished honourable chief minister Shri Jai Ram Thakur quick recovery and good health after the Himachal CM revealed he has tested positive for COVID-19. "I, along with the Tibetan people, would like to convey our best wishes to your excellency for a speedy recovery. More

Dharamshala: Briefing on the pandemic status in the Tibetan community, Dr. Tsamchoe shared that at least 180 cases of coronavirus had been reported in the Tibetan community in India and Nepal this week. More

Dharamshala: This week's COVID-19 cases within the Tibetan community stands at 36: 2 from Sonada, 1 from Kollegal, 2 from Chauntra, 4 from Delhi, 4 from Bylakuppe, 1 from Tenzin Khang, 2 from Miao, 1 from Mainpat, 1 from Hunsur, 13 from Mundgod, 2 from Orissa, 1 from Rajpur, 1 from Dehradun and 1 from Ladakh. More

Dharamshala: The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (OHHDL) has issued a public appeal, urging the Tibetan Buddhist community to observe special prayers for world peace and speedy resolution to crises prevailing around the world. More

Dharamshala: Addressing the 26th Press briefing on the COVID-19 situation in the Tibetan community, Additional Secretary of Health Department, Jampa Phuntsok highlighted the importance of contact tracing amid the concern over the rise of cases in India, particularly in the Tibetan community. More

Dharamshala: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay of the Central Tibetan Administration addressed a press briefing on the recent cases of COVID-19 reported from a local bank in the CTA premises where two bank staff tested positive for COVID-19. No sooner the case was reported that CTA immediately began with contact tracing and announced a complete lockdown of the offices. More

Dharamshala: China’s fallout from the coronavirus outbreak has thrown a harsh spotlight on its totalitarian regime and the scrutiny is only mounting as global political, social, economic and environmental repercussions of the Wuhan-originated pandemic continues to unfold. More

Dharamshala: In more than seven months now since the coronavirus pandemic hit the world, only 94 Tibetans from India, Nepal and Bhutan have been infected with the virus of which, 68 which is 72 percent of the total have already recovered. More

Dharamshala: Dr Tsering Tsamchoe, Dr Tenzin Namdon of Delek hospital and Health Department's Under Secretary Yangtso led the 19th press briefing of the CTA COVID-19 task force on Thursday. According to the task force, 9 new cases were reported this week in Tibetan communities across India and Nepal, of which 4 cases are from Ladakh, 2 from Delhi and 3 from Mundgod. More

Indian Standard Time with CTA President Dr Lobsang Sangay Indian Standard Time with CTA President Dr Lobsang Sangay, hosted by Mr Akhilesh Suman, Foreign Affairs Editor, Rajya Sabha TV. More

Dharamshala: As per the directives issued by Kashag as early as on 3 April, the Home Department had directed all settlement officers to assist Tibetans in distress especially the elders, infirm and those in the destitute list. More

Dharamshala: Sikyong in his routine Thursday COVID-19 press briefing, addressed the ongoing situation with the pandemic, highlighting the role of individual responsibility in combatting the disease. He cited the example of the outbreak within China, observing that it followed a 5-month course-initial outbreak, multiplying, peaking before the curve flattened. More

Dharamshala: The CTA has made available INR 3.3 crore for Wuhan COVID-19 programs benefitting Tibetan communities in India and Nepal. INR 24,340,514 are for activities in India while the community in Nepal receives NPR 13,757,974. More

Washington DC: US Congressman Jim McGovern commended Tibetan associations across the US for their collective donation of more than $35,000 to the Meals on Wheels program, which provides free meals to vulnerable people. More

Hunsur: Under the joint efforts of Hunsur Settlement Office and branch hospital, a full regimen of sanitization drive in all the villages, monasteries, hospital and old age home under its jurisdiction. The Settlement office and Chimi office also called the chief village leader undertook complete disinfection of the main roads running through the settlement. More

Dharamshala: Beginning last Friday 8 May, the monks of Nechung Drayaling Monastery as part of the initiative of the Department of Religion and Culture, CTA have started a weeklong prayer service dedicated for the Tibetans who died due to the Wuhan-originated COVID-19 pandemic, those who continue to suffer and their families who are at high risk of contracting the disease. More

Dharamshala: The Central Tibetan Administration’s Task Force for the Wuhan-originated, COVID-19 pandemic addressed the press on last week on the status of active cases worldwide and particularly in the Tibetan community and the response measures being taken. Dr Tsering Tsamchoe and Dr Tenzin Namdon briefed the press conference. Dr Namdon briefed on the situation in numbers across the globe. More