Myanmar Migrant Workers Face 14-Day Quarantine on Thai Border

When the Myanmar government started helping people with their power bills to encourage them to stay home, many donated the money to the government’s COVID-19 fund.

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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi says Myanmar will look after the family of a COVID-19 patient who died Wednesday, saying “each of our people is valuable for the country.”

A team of Chinese medical specialists has arrived for a 14-day visit to boost Myanmar’s ability to control, test and treat COVID-19.

Dozens of rights groups have called on the government to immediately release low-risk inmates from the country’s overcrowded prison system to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks.

Sagaing Region and Kayah State have now reversed their restrictions on residents’ movement one day after issuing the order to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in Myanmar.

A 47-year-old man in Bago Region and a 63-year-old woman in Yangon died of COVID-19 on Wednesday, taking the country’s death toll to three.

Myanmar military medical personnel will treat patients at a temporary 200-bed COVID-19 hospital being prepared on the outskirts of Yangon by the regional government.

The Irrawaddy provides key information and figures on the number, location and clusters of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar, as well as on quarantine and treatment efforts.

Several Yangon employers say they will import mask-making machinery from China and adapt clothing factories to meet rising demand as COVID-19 fear spreads.

In a WWF survey of five Asian regions, 96 percent of Myanmar people supported the idea of a government crackdown on illegal wildlife markets to prevent disease outbreaks.

A 51-year-old woman who returned from the US last month has been confirmed as the country’s 22nd COVID-19 patient; she has been in quarantine in Yangon since March 26.