The country is trying to buy millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines and offset the economic impact of coronavirus.
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Myanmar Closes Eight Temporary COVID-19 Hospitals in Yangon
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Coronavirus cases are falling in Yangon as the government talks about allowing people to go back to work.
Myanmar Sends Rohingya Back to Rakhine
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Seven undocumented Rohingya were detained off the Ayeyarwady coast trying to flee Rakhine State.
Myanmar’s Shangri-La Hotel Temporarily Closes Amid COVID-19 Impact
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More than 1,000 hotels in Myanmar have closed since March last year with the Shangri-La in Yangon the largest operation to shut its doors so far.
Thailand to Step Up COVID-19 Testing of Myanmar Migrant Workers
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Health authorities in Samut Sakhon province plan to test more than 35,000 migrant workers in the next 10 days.
Donations Pour in as People of Myanmar Dig Deep to Help Cover Cost of Vaccine
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With a vaccine due to arrive in February, the government asked for help from the public to pay the bill. The public responded generously.
China Has to Remove Any Permanent Border Fences in Buffer Zone: Myanmar President Office
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China says it has erected border fencing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 but Myanmar says it encroaches on neutral land.
More Thais Returning From Casinos in Myanmar Test Positive for COVID-19
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Despite a Myanmar government-ordered ‘lockdown’, gambling operations in Myawaddy continue to fuel illegal movement back and forth across the Thai border.
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Myanmar’s Migrants Face Discrimination Amid Surging COVID-19 in Thailand
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In wake of December outbreak at wholesale seafood market in Mahachai near Bangkok, Myanmar migrants still feel targeted for spread of coronavirus.
The Irrawaddy Business Roundup
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This week a Japanese beer giant took a stand against Myanmar’s military, tea orders arrived from the United States and remittance firms were licensed to transfer cash.
Myanmar Orders 30 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses From India
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The government says it has paid half the bill for the Oxford vaccine with doses due to arrive by February.
Myanmar Authorities Detain Scores of Rohingya, Human Traffickers in Multiple Raids
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At least five COVID-19-positive people are among more than 100 undocumented individuals from Rakhine State arrested over the past two weeks.
Myanmar Rebel-Controlled Areas Carry Out Mass COVID-19 Testing
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The United Wa State Army and National Democratic Alliance Army are trying to isolate coronavirus cases in their territories.
Kirin to Continue Profit Denial to Myanmar Military Conglomerate
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After a suspension of dividends to probe military funding claims, the Japanese brewer says an investigation ended inconclusively due to denial of information.
Myanmar Closes Eight Temporary COVID-19 Hospitals in Yangon
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Myanmar’s Shangri-La Hotel Temporarily Closes Amid COVID-19 Impact
Thailand to Step Up COVID-19 Testing of Myanmar Migrant Workers
Ten Myanmar Women Who Inspired Us in 2020
Politicians in Myanmar’s Rakhine Must Stop Fighting Each Other: Independent Candidate
Myanmar Court Sentences Man to Five Years in Prison Under Colonial Sodomy Law
When Myanmar’s Women Were Given a Seat at the Table
The Day the Burma Road Between Myanmar and China Opened
The Day Myanmar’s Independence Hero Met Pakistan’s Founder
The Day Myanmar’s Rebellious Prince Died in Exile
The Day Myanmar’s Independence Hero Met Nehru
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Myanmar’s Destroyed Heritage: Rangoon University Student Union
Standing for Nearly 170 Years, This Yangon Monastery Has Been a Key Site for Two Religions in Myanmar
The Site That’s Still Publishing Myanmar’s Official Documents After More Than a Century