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) Canadian pastor David Lah (C) is escorted by police as he leaves the Mayangone township court in Yangon, Myanmar, 03 June 2020. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
News
21 August 2020
Myanmar-born pastor David Lah released from prison
Myanmar-born pastor David Lah has been released following a jail term after being found...
Indian migrant workers arrive in Delhi in search of work, in New Delhi, India, 18 August 2020. Photo: EPA
News
21 August 2020
India study suggests millions more may have...
More than a quarter of New Delhi's 20 million residents may have caught the novel...
Rakhine people wear protective face masks as they travel at downtown Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 20 August 2020. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
News
21 August 2020
Stay-at-home order imposed in Sittwe township
The Myanmar government imposed a stay-at-home order in Sittwe township of Rakhine state...
Myanmar police stand guard at a locked street in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 20 August 2020. The Myanmar Health Ministry reports three more local transmissions of Covid-19 from Sittwe, Rakhine State, and a total of 396 cases in Myanmar. Health Ministry alerted citizens to prepare for a possible second COVID-19 wave. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
News
20 August 2020
All travellers coming from Sittway must undergo...
All travellers coming to Yangon from Sittway must undergo two throat swab tests and they...
(File) Medical staff, nurses and volunteers wear protective gear amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus as they prepare for going door-to-door for health check-ups in Yangon on May 17, 2020. Photo: Sai Aung Main/AFP
News
20 August 2020
15 more imported cases of COVID-19 reported
Myanmar reported 15 more imported cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday night, bringing the...
A street vendor reads a new private daily newspaper while selling newspapers and weekly journals at a roadside stall in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: EPA
News
18 August 2020
Survey confirms impact of COVID-19 on Myanmar...
A survey in English and Burmese published by Media Development Investment Fund’s Myanmar...
News
18 August 2020
Local transmission of COVID-19 found after one-...
A local transmission of COVID-19 was found in a bank employee in Sittway on August 16....
Workers assemble parts at Foster Electric Thilawa Co., Ltd. in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) on the outskirt of Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: EPA
Business
17 August 2020
Myanmar provided 21,098 jobs in July
An official with the Labour, Immigration and Population Ministry of Myanmar said that the...
Photo: Embassy of Japan in Myanmar/Facebook
News
16 August 2020
Japan provides medical equipment for Myanmar’s...
A first batch of $18.1 million of medical equipment to prevent the spread of the COVID-19...
France is making facemasks obligatory in more places to combat rising cases (Photo: AFP)
News
16 August 2020
Returning Brits begin quarantine as second virus...
British holidaymakers returning home from parts of Europe began having to quarantine on...
(FILE) Nurses and doctors wearing protective equipment take care of a patient who was brought ambulance after suffering a stroke at the entrance of the ER (Emergency Room) of the Sharp Grossmont Hospital amid the coronavirus pandemic in La Mesa, North of San Diego, California, USA, 22 April 2020. Photo: EPA
News
15 August 2020
Hard-hit countries step up virus measures as...
Countries among the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic unveiled further measures on...
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks at the Labour Party campaign launch in Auckland, New Zealand, 08 August 2020. Photo: EPA
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15 August 2020
New Zealand extends city lockdown amid hunt for...
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern extended a lockdown in New Zealand's largest city Friday,...

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