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 Chinese medical team arrives at the Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, 08 April 2020. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
News
09 April 2020
China sends medical experts to Myanmar
The Chinese government has sent a team of medical experts to Myanmar to help the country...
A person wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, rides past Waibagi Hospital in Yangon that handles patients for isolation on March 24, 2020. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
News
09 April 2020
Relatives of COVID-19 casualty transferred
Two children and a niece of COVID-19 patient number 17 who died yesterday, will be moved...
A Buddhist monk and a man pull a rope of the boat at the Chindwin river in Monywa, Sagaing Division, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
News
09 April 2020
Lockdown decision in Sagaing reversed
Officials in a Myanmar state and region have reversed earlier decisions to impose...
Indian Army soldiers maintain vigil at the site of encounter in Lawaypora on the outskirts of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir 05 February 2020. Photo: EPA
News
08 April 2020
Indian Army postpones its bi-annual Army...
The Indian Army has postponed its bi-annual Army Commanders' Conference scheduled to be...
Trishaw drivers wear masks as they wait to receive free food during a food donation to low income people event amid the Covid-19 and coronavirus pandemic in Yangon, Myanmar, 07 April 2020. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
News
08 April 2020
Chinese enterprises donate masks
Chinese enterprises provided medical masks for two Myanmar government organizations amid...
The artists, Zayar Hnaung (left) and Ja Sai (right). Screengrab from Myitkyina News Journal's Video
News
08 April 2020
Criminal charges against street artists should be...
Myanmar’s government should immediately drop all criminal charges against three street...
People wearing protective face masks shop at a chicken stall at a wet market in Shanghai, China. Photo: AFP
News
08 April 2020
Worldwide call to ban wet markets in light of the...
A total of 241 organizations from around the world have written a letter to the World...
Photo: Myanmar State Counsellor Office
News
08 April 2020
Suu Kyi urges those released from quarantine to...
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has urged those who have come out of quarantine...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photo: EPA
News
07 April 2020
29,000 US citizens flown back on 13 flights from...
Senior US diplomat Alice Wells has said that at least 29,000 US citizens have flown back...
State Counsellor discusses COVID-19 measures of Bago Region through video conferencing. Photo: Myanmar State Counsellor Office
News
07 April 2020
Myanmar to distribute 6.3 million masks in April...
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said in a Facebook post posted on April 5 that 6.3...
People wearing face mask as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, rides past Waibagi Hospital in Yangon that handles patients for isolation on March 24, 2020. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
News
07 April 2020
UN to support healthcare workers in Myanmar
Further progress is being made by the United Nations in its commitment to support the...
Iranians gathered to pray behind the closed door of Masumeh shrine in the city of Qom, Iran, 16 March 2020. Photo: EPA
News
06 April 2020
Indian envoy to Tehran visits Indian pilgrims...
Indian ambassador to Iran Gaddam Dharmendra on Sunday visited Qom and interacted with...

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