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Villagers Displaced by Myanmar Military Regime Infected With COVID-19

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By The Irrawaddy

Coronavirus cases are surging in Kayah State, where over half the population has been displaced by fighting between junta forces and Karenni resistance groups.

Myanmar Junta Offers COVID-19 Vaccines to Arakan Army

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By The Irrawaddy

The military regime has previously said that all ethnic armed organizations will receive jabs.

Myanmar Junta Backs Beijing in Spat With US Over Origins of Coronavirus

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By The Irrawaddy

The regime’s Health Ministry said efforts to study the source of the pandemic ‘should not blame or put political pressure on other countries’.

Myanmar Junta Troops Sick with COVID-19 After Sagaing Raids: Resistance

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By The Irrawaddy

The People’s Defense Forces say troops are retreating after raiding villages in Sagaing and Magwe regions because of coronavirus and hunger.

Myanmar’s Shadow Government Plans COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

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By The Irrawaddy

National Unity Government is set to receive six million vaccine doses from the UN’s COVAX program.

Detained Myanmar Doctors Catch COVID-19 in Custody

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By The Irrawaddy

Dr. Kyaw Kyaw Thet and Dr. Thet Htay had been treating coronavirus patients in Mandalay before their abductions in July.

COVID-19 Hits Myanmar Refugees in Thai IDP Camps

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By The Irrawaddy

Eight people sheltering in IDP camps along the Thai-Myanmar border have been infected with coronavirus.

Myanmar Migrant Workers in Mae Sot Get Free COVID-19 Jabs

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By The Irrawaddy

Myanmar nationals are being vaccinated for free by the Thai authorities after the border town recorded a high number of coronavirus infections in July.

Myanmar Junta Targets Local COVID-19 Vaccine Production This Year

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By The Irrawaddy

The country’s coup leader recently said his regime would be “broke” if it had to buy vaccines overseas for more than 50 million people.

China, India and Russia Donate COVID-19 Vaccines to Myanmar Military

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The junta has received over 400,000 doses from the Chinese, Indian and Russian armed forces with more to come.

Myanmar Loses Over 100 Leading Figures from COVID-19, Junta’s Poor Health Care

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By The Irrawaddy

Leading figures have recently died from coronavirus or other health issues as Myanmar’s hospitals flounder under military rule.

Myanmar’s Ex-Dictator Than Shwe, Wife Enter Hospital as Precaution Against COVID-19

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By The Irrawaddy

The pair are healthy and likely to have been vaccinated, but have spent a few days in a hospital to be tested and close to doctors ‘just in case’, a military source said.

Chinese-Made COVID-19 Vaccines to go on Sale in Myanmar

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By The Irrawaddy

Myanmar’s Chinese Chamber of Commerce will offer jabs for 50,000 Kyats per person.

Myanmar Surgeon Arrested by Junta Dies After Contracting COVID-19 in Prison

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By The Irrawaddy

Dr. Maung Maung Nyein Tun was arrested with his wife on June 13 and charged for refusing to work with the regime and having alleged ties to the National Unity Government.

Abandoned by Junta, Myanmar People Forced to Rely on Each Other

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By The Irrawaddy

Despite harassment by regime, stores and faith groups are offering local residents steeply discounted food and medical supplies as COVID, coup leave many destitute.