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Over 300 inmates of Mandalay’s Obo Prison including political prisoners are ill with coronavirus symptoms, but many are not even being given paracetamol.
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Aid workers said the displaced persons camp in Lay Kay Kaw, recently the scene of intense fighting between junta and resistance forces, lacks isolation facilities.
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An estimated 1,145 cases, the highest number since December last year, was reported on Tuesday night.
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More than 150 coronavirus cases have been found in Tamu and the town is under lockdown, despite fighting with resistance groups in the township.
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The regime claims the spread is under control and the cases of the latest COVID-19 variant have almost all come from abroad and it is not spreading domestically.
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The country is in need of workers as the economy opens up, but is concerned about the spread of COVID-19 and trafficking of migrants from Myanmar.
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The crisis in the country has been the main item on the agenda during a tour of the region by a State Department delegation led by Derek Chollet.
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The regime is pushing to reopen schools after they were closed when the deadly third wave of coronavirus swept the country in July.
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Coronavirus cases are surging in Kayah State, where over half the population has been displaced by fighting between junta forces and Karenni resistance groups.
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The military regime has previously said that all ethnic armed organizations will receive jabs.
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The regime’s Health Ministry said efforts to study the source of the pandemic ‘should not blame or put political pressure on other countries’.
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The People’s Defense Forces say troops are retreating after raiding villages in Sagaing and Magwe regions because of coronavirus and hunger.
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National Unity Government is set to receive six million vaccine doses from the UN’s COVAX program.
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Dr. Kyaw Kyaw Thet and Dr. Thet Htay had been treating coronavirus patients in Mandalay before their abductions in July.
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Eight people sheltering in IDP camps along the Thai-Myanmar border have been infected with coronavirus.