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Indian Govt Shuts Key Border Trade Gate with Myanmar Over Coronavirus Fears

by Zaw Zaw Htwe
March 10, 2020
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The Indo-Myanmar Friendship Bridge on the India side of the Tamu-Moreh border in 2018. / Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy

The Indo-Myanmar Friendship Bridge on the India side of the Tamu-Moreh border in 2018. / Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy

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YANGON—The government of India’s Manipur State has shut down the Tamu-Moreh border gates, a key corridor for border trade between Myanmar and India, indefinitely over concerns about the spread of coronavirus, according to the Security and Border Affairs Ministry for Sagaing Region, where Tamu District is located.

Colonel Than Htun Aung, the Sagaing security and border affair minister, told The Irrawaddy about the closure on Tuesday, though his ministry was still waiting to receive the official letter from the Manipur Government.

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An official from Tamu District said the Manipur government closed the gates in order to prevent coronavirus from spreading.

All trade across the border had stopped on Tuesday according to U Tin Shwe, vice chairman of the Kalay-Tamu Border Trade Chamber of Commerce.

“It doesn’t matter for trade if they close the gates for a while. However, traders from both sides will face hardships if the closures are long-term,” said U Tin Shwe.

The Tamu-Moreh borders gates are mainly used to export products from Myanmar—chiefly betel nuts, beans and other food.

Myanmar businesses export over US$30 million of products across the Tamu-Moreh border gates every four months, according to the Myanmar Ministry of Commerce.

Myanmar has no confirmed cases of coronavirus but 11 suspected patients have been treated at hospitals, according to a Myanmar Ministry of Sport and Health update on Monday.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), India has confirmed at least 43 cases of coronavirus.

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