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
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26 April 2023
UN launches major push for child vaccination amid Covid
This aerial view taken on October 2, 2020 shows part of the Ayeyarwadi Centre (C), currently being used as a treatment centre with 550 beds for patients with COVID-19 novel coronavirus, in Yangon. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
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06 October 2020
987 more COVID-19 cases confirmed
Myanmar reported 987 more COVID-19 confirmed cases on Monday, according to a release from...
The global cruise industry has largely ground to halt due to virus-related travel restrictions, and following a series of outbreaks on packed vessels (Photo: AFP)
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05 October 2020
Singapore 'cruises to nowhere' plan...
Singapore hopes to start "cruises to nowhere" in a bid to revive its coronavirus-hit...
A woman wearing protective face mask drives a bicycle pass a street market in Yangon, Myanmar, 03 October 2020. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
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05 October 2020
Number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar increases to...
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has increased to 17,794 as of Sunday, after...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers a speech at a public rally after the inauguration the 'Atal tunnel', at Solang Nala area, about 14km from Manali, India, 03 October 2020. Photo: EPA
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04 October 2020
India virus reported deaths pass 100,000
Deaths from the novel coronavirus in India passed 100,000 on Saturday, official data...
US President Donald J. Trump walks off Marine One after landing at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center following his announcement that he and First Lady Melania tested positive for Covid in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, 02 October 2020. Photo: EPA
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04 October 2020
Trump reportedly hospitalized for Covid treatment...
President Donald Trump was reportedly hospitalized Friday and given an experimental COVID...
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks as he debates US President Donald Trump in the first 2020 United States presidential debate at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 29 September 2020. Photo: EPA
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03 October 2020
Biden wishes Trump, Melania 'swift recovery...
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday wished President Donald Trump and...
(FILE) - US President Donald J. Trump holds a news briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 27 September 2020. Photo: EPA
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02 October 2020
Trump tests positive for Covid, quarantines
President Donald Trump has tested positive for Covid-19, upending the already tense US...
Street cleaners cross an empty street in Yangon's downtown area on September 29, 2020 as Myanmar's biggest city goes into a strict lockdown following a surge of Covid-19 coronavirus cases. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
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02 October 2020
Large proportion of Myanmar COVID-19 cases suffer...
The number of patients suffering from anosmia, or loss of smell, makes up a large...
Cinemas like this one in Mumbai have been closed in movie-obsessed India for months, but the government now says they can reopen at 50 percent capacity (Photo: AFP)
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01 October 2020
Schools, cinemas to reopen in India despite spike...
Schools, cinemas and swimming pools will be allowed to reopen in India after a months-...
A group of Covid-19 patients are discharged from Sittwe hospital, Sittwe, Rakhine, Myanmar, 08 September2020. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
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01 October 2020
364 COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals...
Myanmar reported 946 new infection cases and 26 more deaths of COVID-19 on Wednesday,...
A woman (R) sits near medical workers wearing PPE (Personal protective equipment) to undergoes a swab test for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a community quarantine center in Yangon, Myanmar, 27 September 2020. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
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30 September 2020
YGH has over 40 healthcare workers infected with...
Yangon General Hospital (YGH), Emergency Ward in-charge Prof. Dr. Maw Maw Oo told Mizzima...
An Indian medical official collects a swab sample for a coronavirus and COVID-19 disease test at government medical college hospital in Jammu, India, 29 September 2020. Photo: EPA
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30 September 2020
More than 60 million Indians may have caught...
More than 60 million people in India -- 10 times the official figure -- could have...

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