Bhutan went into national lockdown yesterday following one young woman testing positive. Short thread on how a woman who followed all the rules still triggered a national crisis, and how the country is containing it.
The 27-year-old woman returned from Kuwait on June 26 and was placed in mandatory institutional quarantine. She was in quarantine for one month (!) over which time she repeatedly tested negative on RT-PCR tests but positive on antibody tests. On July 26 she was released.
In all, she tested negative five times on RT-PCR tests (!) but repeatedly showed presence of antibodies. 
The state followed up with her in home quarantine, and on Aug 10, two weeks after her release from one month in quarantine, she went to a flu clinic and amazingly tested positive on an RT-PCR test.
As a result, Bhutan is now in national lockdown, tracing and testing hundreds of people across three cities. I'm amazed that regional and international media aren't following this story. Follow @TenzingLamsang and @thebhutanese for first-hand information.
