Health system overburdened as pandemic exceeds 90k cases

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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

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Over USD 1 million recovered from 34 million blocked SIM cards

Over USD 1 million recovered from 34 million blocked SIM cards

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The Ministry of Health and Sports received an unexpected donation from the Ministry of Transport and Communications to help fight COVID-19 this week. Indeed, the Ministry donated more than MMK 1.7 billion (over USD 1.2 million) to the National Centra

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Myanmar struggles with COVID-19 strategy

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Myanmar has had two new COVID-19 deaths, bringing the total to three. A 47-year-old man and a 63-year-old woman died of respiratory failure brought on by the disease, according to the Ministry of Health and Sports. Although at the time of writing Mya

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