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Myanmar & COVID-19
The Irrawaddy is posting daily roundups of the key events relating to Myanmar’s efforts to combat the coronavirus. Click here to see what’s happened so far and stay tuned for m
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Burma
English-speaking readers of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s brand-new Facebook account were shocked to learn that ‘all Myanmar is a horror’ in an automatically translated post.
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Myanmar & COVID-19
With few doctors and minimal supplies, the Naga Self-Administered Zone is bracing for a COVID-19 outbreak as one township already has five possible cases of the coronavirus.
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Myanmar & COVID-19
Courts in Ayeyarwaddy and Sagaing regions have jailed two recently returned migrants for refusing to obey quarantine orders.
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Myanmar & COVID-19
Four relatives of a previously confirmed COVID-19 patient have tested positive; total number of cases stands at 20.
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Interview
Media and legal sources tell The Irrawaddy why the government is wrong to prosecute journalists for speaking to the Arakan Army.
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Myanmar & COVID-19
Ambassadors to Myanmar from 18 countries have called on the military and ethnic armed groups to end hostilities as the country is extremely vulnerable to impacts of COVID-19.
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Burma
The Myanmar President has appointed Col. Htein Lin, a former military lawmaker and Rakhine State security and border affairs minister, as a peace adviser.
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Myanmar & COVID-19
The UN staff member who has COVID-19 is in a stable condition and people who had contact with her in Naypyitaw tested negative.
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Myanmar & COVID-19
Myanmar’s military says it can care for 15,000 patients at a coronavirus quarantine center in Naypyitaw.
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Myanmar & COVID-19
People quarantined for COVID-19 in Myanmar, as well those who work to support them, face discrimination as misunderstandings about quarantine run rampant.
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Guest Column
Bo Kyi spent eight years in a Myanmar prison, including a year in solitary confinement, for political activism. He has some advice to help get us through our COVID-19 isolation.
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Burma
Following Monday’s arrest of the VOM editor-in-chief, police on Tuesday questioned journalists from two other news organizations over their reporting on the Arakan Army.
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Myanmar & COVID-19
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi takes to Facebook to connect with people effectively in the time of coronavirus.
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Burma
Residents said five military helicopters bombed two villages, killing two civilians. But Myanmar’s military denies the claims.
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