coronavirus in Myanmar

A volunteer from the Yangon Region Youth Affairs Committee (YRYAC) wearing PPE (Personal protective equipment) leaves after delivering food at a COVID-19 facility in Yangon, Myanmar, 22 September 2020. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
22 October 2020
Myanmar reported 27 more COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to...
A man wearing protective face mask walks past in Yangon, Myanmar, 15 October 2020. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
21 October 2020
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has increased to 38,502 as of Tuesday,...
Supporters of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party on a motorcade pass supporters of the opposition Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), seen at right, during a campaign in Wundwin, near Mandalay on September 19, 2020. Photo: Kyaw Thet Zin/AFP
20 October 2020
COVID-19 has already cast a darkening shadow of gloom over Myanmar’s November election. A...
A woman wearing protective face mask and cap walks past in Yangon, Myanmar, 15 October 2020. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
19 October 2020
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has increased to 36,025 as of Sunday...
Photo: French Embassy in Myanmar
18 October 2020
The French Ambassador Christian Lechervy and the Yangon General Hospital signed an...
People wearing facemasks wait for a bus under an election campaign poster in Yangon on October 7, 2020. Photo: Sai Aung Main / AFP
15 October 2020
Myanmar reported 888 more COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, according to a release from the...
A volunteer wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) directs traffic for ambulances transfering people suspected of having the COVID-19 coronavirus to a quarantine centre in Yangon on October 12, 2020. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
13 October 2020
Myanmar reported 1,344 more COVID-19 confirmed cases on Monday, according to a statement...
People wearing facemasks wait for a bus under an election campaign poster in Yangon on October 7, 2020. Photo: Sai Aung Main / AFP
12 October 2020
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has increased to 27,974 as of Sunday,...
 A students (C-L) stands near a teacher (C-R) during the registration to attend a class at a school in Yangon, Myanmar, 17 July 2020. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
11 October 2020
School closures in Myanmar resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic have affected millions of...
A Myanmar farmer ploughs the paddy field to grow rice crop at a farm in Moulmeingyun township of Ayeyarwaddy region, Myanmar, 23 June 2020.  Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
10 October 2020
The World Bank commissioned a firm-level survey to provide quantitative evidence of the...
A person takes a COVID-19 test at a community quarantine center in Yangon, Myanmar, 07 October 2020. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
09 October 2020
Easy Microfinance, a leading Myanmar microfinance institution backed by Meridian Capital...
People cross a road walking past an election campaign poster in Yangon on October 7, 2020. Photo: Sai Aung Main / AFP
09 October 2020
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has increased to 22,445 as of Thursday,...

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