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
A man walks past a barrier blocking access to minor roads next to a sign recommending to residents to stay at home in Yangon on September 26, 2020, as new restrictions have been introduced to try to halt a surge in Covid-19 coronavirus cases. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
News
30 September 2020
COVID-19 death toll continues to rise
Myanmar has recorded 12,425 infection cases of COVID-19 with 284 deaths as of Tuesday,...
A food delivery worker rides a bike on an empty Yangon street 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
Business
30 September 2020
Post-COVID-19 economic recovery needs to anchor...
The COVID-19 pandemic is a significant setback for the world’s ambition to achieve the...
Rakhine people wear protective face masks as they ride a motorbike in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Western Myanmar, 21 August 2020. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
News
29 September 2020
Sittwe COVID-19 confirmed cases in decline
563 COVID-19 confirmed cases have been discharged from hospital until September 28 in...
A food delivery man drives a bicycle passes near Sule pagoda at downtown area in Yangon, Myanmar, 27 September 2020. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
News
29 September 2020
COVID-19: Thirty more deaths reported
Myanmar reported 897 more confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday, according to a release from...
A man is tested for coronavirus in Ghaziabad, India (Photo: AFP)
News
28 September 2020
India coronavirus cases pass 6 million
India reported its six millionth coronavirus case on Monday as it surged closer to the...
A man crosses the empty road near Sule pagoda at downtown area in Yangon, Myanmar, 27 September 2020. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
News
28 September 2020
COVID-19 cases increase to over 10,000
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has increased to 10,734 as of Sunday,...
A handout photo made available by the United Nations (UN) shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (on screens), addressing the general debate of the General Assembly's seventy-fifth session during the 75th General Assembly of the United Nations, in New York, New York, USA, 26 September 2020. Photo: EPA
News
27 September 2020
UK at UN calls for global unity against pandemics
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday urged world leaders to "unite and turn...
(File) People watch National League for Democracy chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech on air on Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV). Photo: AFP
News
27 September 2020
Myanmar TV viewing goes up during the COVID-19...
As the population of Yangon settles in to adhere to “Stay-at-Home” orders to combat the...
A man rides a bicycle on an empty road of the downtown area of Yangon on September 26, 2020. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
News
27 September 2020
Yangon under strain as Myanmar coronavirus cases...
Myanmar's biggest city Yangon has rapidly built new quarantine centres as it scrambles to...
(File) A general view of the usually busy Foreshore and Buitengracht street interchange during the third day of a twenty one day total national lockdown in Cape Town, South Africa, 29 March 2020. Photo: EPA
News
26 September 2020
WHO says Africa escaped 'exponential'...
Africa has escaped the "exponential" rise in coronavirus cases seen elsewhere probably...
A police officer is seen at a random control to avoid people without a safe conduct to leave the neighborhood of Vallecas in Madrid, Spain, 23 September 2020. Photo: EPA
News
26 September 2020
Spain locks down one million as Europe battles...
Spanish officials expanded a lockdown in and around Madrid on Friday to cover one million...
Indian people wait in a queue for COVID-19 detection tests at a government hospital in Jammu, India, 22 September 2020. Photo: EPA
News
26 September 2020
Indian state to allow quarantined virus patients...
Quarantined coronavirus patients in the Indian state of Bihar will be allowed to vote in...

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