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Business Roundup
This week Myanmar’s authorities and food dealers moved to ensure staples arrived at reasonable prices amid the panic-buying that followed three COVID-19 confirmations.
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Asia
Mainland China reported no new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases for the second day in a row and Hubei Province, where the pandemic began, has started to lift restrictions.
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Asia
Over one fifth of American companies say they are already back to normal operations, with another quarter expected to be back to normal by the end of April.
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Dateline
The heads of the Confederation of Trade Unions in Myanmar and Our Generation Network tell The Irrawaddy factories should not use COVID-19 as an excuse to sack staff.
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Burma
Bangladesh’s foreign minister says Myanmar’s response to the Rohingya refugee crisis has been woeful.
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Burma
Myanmar has announced the closure of all its land borders to foreign nationals in a preventative measure against the coronavirus.
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Asia
For the first time since the coronavirus emerged there late last year, the Chinese city of Wuhan on Thursday reported no new infections.
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Burma
The government has told diplomats based in Myanmar and its staff overseas to cancel all public events to avoid spreading the coronavirus.
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Guest Column
If China’s plan for a high-speed railway between Kyaukphyu in Rakhine State and Yunnan goes ahead, it will realize a vision first put forward by 19th-century colonizers.
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Asia
All but one of the 21 new coronavirus cases reported in China on Tuesday were imported from overseas, health authorities said.
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Commentary
The government has been slow to act on coronavirus, on both the health and economic fronts; so far only luck has spared it a real test of its crisis-management skills.
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Business Roundup
The coronavirus has dominated business in Myanmar with interest rates falling, the Indian border closing and a special committee opening to address the economic impact.
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Analysis
Hungry for electricity, Myanmar is accepting China’s offers of cheap LNG stations and crossborder transmissions. But relying on Chinese power poses dangers, experts warn.
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Asia
The Hubei provincial government in China said certain key industries in Wuhan—the origin of the coronavirus pandemic—can resume operations, citing a drop in new cases.
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Business Roundup
Despite the lack of any coronavirus cases in Myanmar, the virus has hit factory supply chains, the dollar exchange markets and the export sector.
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