Health system overburdened as pandemic exceeds 90k cases
Myanmar’s COVID-19 cases broke 90,000 this week. As people gathered in homes, parks and pagodas to celebrate the Full Moon Day of Tazaungdaing, the Ministry of Health and Sports urged people to follow personal safety guidelines as strict lockdo
Study links COVID-19 to poverty rise
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has linked the COVID-19 to a rise in poverty among Myanmar’s poorest in both rural and urban areas. The study surveyed 1000 people in Yangon and 1000 living in the central dry zone. In bo
COVID-19 looms over Mandalay
Yangon still bears the worst of Myanmar’s COVID-19 outbreak, but the city of Mandalay reported record high daily cases this week, including new cases among election officials and truck drivers. At the time of writing, there have been just over
Thai border trade continues to suffer
Although the border crossing at Mae Sot (Thailand) has re-opened, COVID-19 containment measures continue to hinder the flow of goods. Among these is a mandate that goods be unloaded and re-loaded into Thai trucks before moving on. This has proved toMyanmar’s manufacturing PMI hits second lowest on record
The latest IHS Markit Myanmar Manufacturing PMI plunged to 30.6 in October 2020 from 35.9 a month earlier. This was the second-lowest reading on record as the economic fallout from the COVID-19 crisis persisted, with the government putting many regio
