Coronavirus

Coronavirus

State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi observes Covid-19 vaccinations at the Nurse Training School in Naypyitaw (Nyan Hlaing Linn / Myanmar Now)
The state counsellor warned that it was still too early to relax vigilance against the coronavirus
Published on Jan 28, 2021
The Sule Shangri-La Hotel will close for nine months from February 1 (Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now)
Staff will be placed on leave and given partial pay and benefits, but hotel refuses to disclose details
Jan 15, 2021
Workers in the Hlaing Thar Yar Industrial Zone return to work on December 7, 2020 (Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now)
Women working in the garment sector are among the hardest hit as hundreds of factories close or sack workers
Jan 11, 2021
Myanmar migrant workers are tested for Covid-19 in Mahachai, in Thailand’s Samut Sakhon province, in the first week of January 2021. (Photo: Supplied)
Discrimination has made the resurgence of the coronavirus in Thailand especially hard on Myanmar workers
Jan 10, 2021
Volunteers assist in the Ayeyarwady Covid-19 treatment centre’s ICU room on November 20. (Photo: Phyo Htet Aung / Myanmar Now) 
In a country where healthcare has long been neglected by those in power, volunteers play an indispensable role in dealing with a deadly crisis
Jan 3, 2021
A doctor compares a high quality 3M brand N95 mask (center) with a suspected counterfeit (Sai Zaw/Myanmar Now)
Masks without a filtering layer of polypropylene have been found in supplies at hospitals across the country
Dec 11, 2020
Senior NLD officials at a flag-raising ceremony in Naypyitaw to mark the start of the election on September 8 (Nyan Hlaing Linn/Myanmar Now)
Top party officials said there is no ‘credible’ reason to change November 8 polling date
Sep 16, 2020
IDPs from Rathedaung township at the Shwe Pyi Thar village monastery in Sittwe, Rakhine (Kaung Myat Naing/Myanmar Now)
The military has repeatedly ignored calls for a ceasefire to help tackle outbreak of Covid-19
Sep 14, 2020
A road in Danya Wadi quarter in Sittwe during lockdown (Phadu Tun Aung/Myanmar Now)
Parties have delayed the start of their campaigns while they try to work out how to reach voters amid restrictions
Sep 9, 2020
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
Preacher David Lah appears at Mayangone Township Court on May 20, 2020. Photo: Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now
David Lah told his followers that Christians were protected from the virus, then dozens who attended his event tested positive
Aug 7, 2020
Phyo Min Thein meets with the Botahtaung Pagoda board on May 23, 2020. (Facebook)
An NLD official said Phyo Min Thein breached government rules by attending a religious ceremony
May 27, 2020
Preacher David Lah appears at Mayangone Township Court on May 20, 2020. Photo: Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now
David Lah was charged for holding a sermon in April but police waited until after his treatment and quarantine were over to arrest him
May 20, 2020

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