On Thursday, Myanmar's military donated 1 billion kyats (753,012 U.S. dollars) to the COVID-19 vaccination fund which was established by the government's Fund Management Sub-committee on Dec. 30 to purchase the vaccines for the country Xinhua reported.

Myanmar reported 594 more COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the tally in the country to 128,772, according to a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports.

A total of 14 more COVID-19 deaths were reported on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 2,799 in total, the release said.