Myanmar Reports Four New COVID-19 Cases; Total Climbs to 14

Naypyitaw has taken decisive steps to quarantine around 500 people, including a Swiss UN employee who tested positive for COVID-19.

Spraying disinfectant at religious sites and donating supplies to religious leaders across Myanmar, the military pledged to cooperate with the government to tackle COVID-19.

The Mandalay government has told leaders of all faiths to only allow people to enter religious sites if they show a recent health certificate stating they don’t have COVID-19.

With a migrant returnee testing positive for COVID-19, health officials warn a serious outbreak is likely; more than 23,000 workers have recently returned from Thailand.

Myanmar has banned incoming commercial flights until April 13 after eight air travelers tested positive with coronavirus.

A bridegroom in western Myanmar was arrested after he held his wedding reception Saturday despite authorities’ requests that he obey a ban on public gatherings over COVID-19.

Hotel and tour operators, garment and other manufacturing businesses, as well as SMEs hurt by COVID-19 can now apply for low-interest loans from the government.

Myanmar has confirmed two new COVID-19 cases, one in Mandalay and one in Yangon, bringing the country’s total to five confirmed cases, all imported.

"As a health worker, we just go where we need to be,” said a doctor who volunteered to go to Chin State, where one of Myanmar’s first COVID-19 cases was reported.

Health care workers are being evicted by landlords concerned about the spread of COVID-19 but other local residents of Mandalay have opened their doors to them.

The government has told half of its employees to stay home as it ramps up efforts to combat COVID-19. The order excludes health treatment providers at government hospitals.