Covid-19

Covid-19

Police man checkpoints to enforce the lockdown in Sittwe on August 20 (Photo: Myanmar Now) 
Officials warn of arrests for people who breach lockdown rules after cases in the town more than doubled in recent days
Aug 21, 2020
Blood donors ask for information at the National Blood Centre in Yangon last month (Photo: Sandar Nyan/Myanmar Now)
The pandemic has scared off donors at the National Blood Centre, forcing health officials to ration supplies
Apr 6, 2020
Dr Tha Tun Kyaw, director-general and newly appointed spokesperson of Myanmar's health ministry, at a conference in Yangon in January. (Photo: Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
Hospital capacity is sufficient, and weather and quarantines will limit spread of virus, ministry spokesperson says
Apr 5, 2020
Health workers spray disinfectant in a suburb locked down after a resident tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Mingaladon township, Yangon, late March (Photo: Thandar Moe)
The woman’s eight-year-old daughter is the youngest person to test positive in Myanmar
Apr 2, 2020
A security guards checks a visitor’s temperature at a shopping mall in Yangon (Photo: Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
The move came after a staff member at a private clinic in the compound tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday
Apr 1, 2020
Myanmar has so far confirmed 14 coronavirus cases and tested just over 500 people. (Photo: Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
The 69-year-old recently returned to Yangon from Australia via Singapore
Mar 31, 2020
A man washes his hands at one of the many ad hoc washing stations set up around Yangon as Myanmar fights the spread of the new coronavirus. (Photo: Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
Two men in mid-40s test positive, bringing total to 10 and local transmissions to two, though testing still lagging
Mar 30, 2020
A traveller is seen at the Yangon International Airport on March 18, 2020. (Photo: Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
Ban set to last two weeks and excludes cargo and medical evacuation flights
Mar 29, 2020
Health workers prepare to disinfect the Mya Yee Nandar housing in Mandalay after a resident tested positive for coronavirus on Friday (Photo: Yan Moe Naing/Myanmar Now)
She is the first foreign national to test positive; Myanmar now has eight confirmed cases
Mar 28, 2020
Workers disinfect the Mandalay housing complex where a 33-year-old coronavirus patient stayed (Photo: Yan Moe Naing/ Myanmar Now)
Thousands of migrant workers returning from Thailand must quarantine with relatives because there isn’t space in government facilities
Mar 27, 2020
Tedim, Chin State in June 2019. (Photo: Tin Htet Paing/ Myanmar Now)
All three cases so far involve returnees from the US or the UK
Mar 25, 2020
Travellers are seen at the Yangon International Airport on March 18, 2020. (Photo: Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
Two people in Myanmar have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the first cases to be declared in the country
Mar 24, 2020
Travellers are seen at the Yangon International Airport on March 18, 2020. (Photo: Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
It is the latest move to prevent the spread of a virus Myanmar still claims to be free of
Mar 21, 2020

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