COVID-19 cases reach 150

30 April 2020
COVID-19 cases reach 150
Nurses hold placard and pose for photo before the press conference of Yangon region Covid committee at the Central Institute of Civil Service (Lower Myanmar) in Yangon, Myanmar, 21 April 2020. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA

On 29 April 2020, a total of 110 specimens – 89 at the National Health Laboratory-NHL (Yangon), and 21 at the Department of Medical Research-DMR (Yangon) – were tested, and the results showed no positive case of COVID-19.

There are a total of 150 confirmed cases in Myanmar up to 8:00 pm on 29 April. The National Health Laboratory (Yangon) has also taken the samples of old confirmed cases of COVID-19, and is regularly testing them.

There are six deaths so far 79 new persons are under investigation as at 12 noon of 29 April.