Coronavirus

An Afghan health worker administers polio drops to a child during a four-day anti-polio vaccination campaign in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 15 March 2023. Photo: EPA
News
26 April 2023
UN launches major push for child vaccination amid Covid
Volunteer doctors work in quarantine centre in Yangon on May 8, 2020. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
News
04 November 2020
1,197 new COVID-19 cases reported
Myanmar reported 1,197 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, according to a release from the...
Volunteers from the Yangon Region Youth Affairs Committee (YRYAC) wearing PPE (Personal protective equipment) work at a COVID-19 facility in Yangon, Myanmar, 04 October 2020. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
News
03 November 2020
Number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar increases to...
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has increased to 54,607 as of Monday, the...
Medical workers wearing PPE (Personal protective equipment) prepare to take swab samples for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) laboratory testing at a community quarantine center in Yangon, Myanmar, 29 October 2020. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
News
02 November 2020
Myanmar reports 699 more confirmed COVID-19 cases
Myanmar reported 699 more COVID-19 confirmed cases on Sunday, according to a statement...
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses on the steps of number 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, 23 October 2020. Photo: EPA
News
01 November 2020
Johnson convenes cabinet after reports England...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson convened his cabinet on Saturday to decide whether...
People wearing facemasks amid concerns over the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus rest sitting on a street in Yangon. Photo: Sai Aung Main/AFP
News
01 November 2020
Myanmar COVID-19 cases rise to 52,706
The Myanmar authorities say the number of cases of COVID-19 have risen to 52,706 with the...
A view on an empty Mathew Street during a local lockdown amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease in Liverpool, Britain, 14 October 2020. Photo: EPA
News
31 October 2020
Millions more face virus restrictions in northern...
Millions more people in northern England face stricter coronavirus rules next week, the...
Medical workers wearing PPE (Personal protective equipment) arrive to take swab samples for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) laboratory testing at a community quarantine center in Yangon, Myanmar, 29 October 2020. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
News
30 October 2020
Twenty-seven more deaths reported due to COVID-19
The number of COVID-19 infections has increased to 50,403 after 1,331 new cases were...
Volunteers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) watch as people suspected of having the COVID-19 coronavirus get into an ambulance on their way to a quarantine centre in Yangon on October 12, 2020. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
News
29 October 2020
1,406 new COVID-19 reported cases in Myanmar
The number of COVID-19 cases has risen to 49,072 with 1,406 new cases in Myanmar as of...
People enjoy the evening at a park near holy Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
News
27 October 2020
COVID-19 cases increase to 46,200
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has increased to 46,200 as of Monday,...
A man rides his motorcycle past a welcome sign to Yangon on October 13, 2020. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
Election 2020
26 October 2020
COVID-19 restrictions lifted for elections
Myanmar's Health and Sports Ministry has lifted its Covid-19 restrictions on mass...
Mass testing began in China to cover 4.75 million residents in and around Kashgar, Xinjiang province, after a 17-year-old garment factory worker tested positive for the coronavirus (Photo: AFP)
News
26 October 2020
More mass testing in China after 137 virus cases...
Chinese officials were racing Sunday to smother a fresh coronavirus outbreak in the...
Labours work at a garment factory in Yangon. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
News
26 October 2020
Workers lodge complaints against factories over...
A Labour activist association called ‘Labour Power Group’ led by Chairman Kyaw Myo Htay...

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