COVID-19

COVID-19

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...
Published on Aug 7, 2020
MPs attend a national parliamentary meeting on March 17, 2020. (Photo- Min Min/ Myanmar Now)
They’ve arrived in Nay Pyi Taw for pre-session health screenings and will sit one seat apart when sessions resume
May 13, 2020
Emergency physicians at Yangon General Hospital prepare for arriving Covid-19 patients on April 7. (Photo: Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
More than half of Yangon cases traced to religious sermons held in March and April
Apr 19, 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
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