coronavirus in Myanmar

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
30 September 2020
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
29 September 2020
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
29 September 2020
Myanmar reported 897 more confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday, according to a release from...
A man crosses the empty road near Sule pagoda at downtown area in Yangon, Myanmar, 27 September 2020.  Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
28 September 2020
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has increased to 10,734 as of Sunday,...
(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
27 September 2020
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
27 September 2020
Myanmar's biggest city Yangon has rapidly built new quarantine centres as it scrambles to...
Volunteers take the temperature of residents by a barrier blocking access to minor roads with a sign urging residents to stay at home in Yangon on September 11, 2020. Photo: Sai Aung Main/AFP
26 September 2020
The Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports has reported 171 new infection cases of COVID-...
(File) A Myanmar National Airlines (MNA) aircraft parked on the tarmac as commercial flights remain temporarily suspended as part of the measures to control the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease, at Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, 10 May 2020. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
25 September 2020
Myanmar extended a ban on foreign visitors and domestic travel by a month to contain a...
Myanmar people wait for transportation at a bus stop despite the stay-at-home order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at downtown area in Yangon, Myanmar, 21 September 2020. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
25 September 2020
The death toll from COVID-19 in Myanmar rose to 150, with 17 newly reported deaths on...
24 September 2020
Because of COVID, the annual ethnic Kayah traditional festival ‘Ae Do Paw Mi’ or ‘Dee Ku...
A small room to keep people with COVID-19 is being prepared inside an emergency building, Yangon, Myanmar, 17 September 2020. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
24 September 2020
Myanmar has quarantined tens of thousands of people to prevent a coronavirus outbreak...
Supporters of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party ride a motorcade during a campaign in Wundwin, near Mandalay on September 19, 2020. Photo: Kyaw Thet Zin/AFP
24 September 2020
Myanmar’s election authorities are calling on political parties to rein in large crowds...

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