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
(File) A doctor talks with a patient, while adhering to social distancing measures inside the Community Fever Clinic which opens, temporarily, at Hlaing Thar Yar town hall in Yangon, Myanmar, 29 April 2020. Photo: EPA
News
29 August 2020
Myanmar’s COVID-19 cases rise
The Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS) confirmed yesterday that they have...
Medical workers wearing personnel wearing PPE (Personal protective equipment) walk past the Fever Corner of a hospital in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 24 August 2020. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
News
28 August 2020
COVID-19 cases rise to 602
The number of COVID-19 cases reached 602 in Myanmar on Thursday while local transmissions...
The 'Friendship Bridge' Thailand-Myanmar border bridge gate seen from the Myanmar side of Myawaddy town, Karen State. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
News
28 August 2020
Thai authorities to crack down on foreign migrant...
The Thai Immigration Bureau on Thursday issued a warning to foreign migrant workers that...
(FILES) This file photo taken on September 8, 2007 shows the sea off the rocky base at Port Blair in the Andamans. Ten members of India's dwindling Great Andamanese tribe have tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said on August 27, fuelling concerns about the safety of the group and other indigenous people in the remote archipelago. Photo: Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP
News
27 August 2020
Coronavirus hits isolated Indian island tribe
Ten members of India's dwindling Great Andamanese tribe have tested positive for the...
Rakhine people get the skin temperature taken at a hospital in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 24 August 2020. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
News
27 August 2020
Random tests to be conducted in Rakhine State
Minister Dr. Myint Htwe of the Ministry of Health and Sports said that they would conduct...
Professor Dr. Zaw Than Htun Director General (Department of Medical Research) and Chargé d'Affaires George Sibley give a thumbs up during a donation of surgical masks and gloves to the Ministry of Health and Sports in Yangon. Photo: U.S. Embassy Rangoon
News
27 August 2020
U.S. Provides Equipment to UAGO to Support...
The United States government transferred $30,000 in teleconferencing equipment during a...
Myanmar police forces stand guard on the street as they patrol around the downtown area in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 26 August 2020. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
News
27 August 2020
All three million in Myanmar's Rakhine in...
A lockdown in Myanmar's conflict-stricken Rakhine was expanded late Wednesday to the...
Medical workers wearing PPE (Personal protective equipment) walk past the Fever Corner of a hospital in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 24 August 2020. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
News
27 August 2020
Two-month-old baby girl among 106 new cases of...
Health authorities in Myanmar on Wednesday reported 106 new cases of the novel...
High school students attend class at a school in Yangon, Myanmar, 21 July 2020. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
News
26 August 2020
6,526 high schools reopened throughout Myanmar
Myanmar has reopened 6,526 high schools in the country's regions and states since July 21...
A worker wears a protective face masks as pushing a cart with goods at Sittwe market, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 20 August 2020. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
News
26 August 2020
Market suspected as main source of COVID-19...
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said that according to their findings, the Ministry of...
A general view shows the Yangon International Airport's new Terminal 1 in Yangon. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
Business
25 August 2020
Japan and Myanmar agree to reopen borders for...
Japan and Myanmar agreed Monday to reopen borders for expatriates as soon as early...
Soldiers of Kachin Independence Army (KIA). Photo: Mizzima
News
25 August 2020
Military to extend ceasefire for one more month
The Myanmar military announced it would extend the suspension period of military...

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