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People stand in the departure lounge at the Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, Myanmar, 18 March 2020. Photo: EPA
April 14, 2020
Yangon International Airport has extended its ban on international flight arrivals until the end of April in light of the fears over the spread of...
April 13, 2020
By Than Htike Oo — Bus drivers seek clearer guidelines on how they are supposed to operate given new COVID-19 guidelines brought in to prevent the...
A staff member of the Yangon City Development Committee disinfects Pazontaung market, as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, in Yangon on March 21, 2020. Photo: Sai Aung Main/AFP
April 13, 2020
Myanmar public support closing wildlife markets over virus fears: survey
April 11, 2020
Livelihoods and Food Security Fund LIFT has announced funding of USD15.8 million to support Myanmar’s COVID-19 preparedness and response. The funding...
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
April 10, 2020
Officials in a Myanmar state and region have reversed earlier decisions to impose controversial two-week lockdowns to prevent the spread of the...
People walk around the Thet Kel Pyin internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Sittwe, Rakhine State. Photo: EPA
April 9, 2020
About 8,700 civilians displaced by ongoing armed conflict in Rakhine state and living outdoors require emergency shelter before the onset of the...
State Counsellor discusses COVID-19 measures of Bago Region through video conferencing. (Photo: Myanmar State Counsellor Office)
April 7, 2020
Oak Hmu Zaw — State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said in a Facebook post posted on April 5 that 6.3 million masks would be distributed for people in...
April 7, 2020
Burma News International (BNI) issued a letter on the 2 April 2020 regarding recent charges against media organisations using the anti-terrorism law...
People have their temperatures checked amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus at the immigration post in Myawaddy near the Thai border on March 23, 2020, as thousands of people crossed from Thailand as the border crossings were due to close because of the growing pandemic. Photo: AFP
April 6, 2020
A migrant support network has voiced concern over Myanmar and other regional migrants in Southeast Asia who are negatively affected by government...
Voice of Myanmar (VOM) editor-in-chief Nay Myo Lin (C) sits in a vehicle as he is escorted from his home by the police to court in Mandalay on March 31, 2020. Photo: Zaw Zaw/AFP
April 6, 2020
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Myanmar authorities to immediately drop all charges against an editor for broadcasting an interview with...
Photo: Myanmar State Counsellor Office
April 6, 2020
Naung Naung — State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said that keeping returnees from foreign countries at COVID-19 quarantine centres for 14 days was not...
Myanmar nationals wearing facemasks amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus walk at the immigration post in Myawaddy near the Thai border on March 23, 2020, as thousands of people crossed from Thailand as the border crossings were due to close because of the growing pandemic. Photo: AFP
April 4, 2020
Thant Myint-U — Myanmar, like the entire world, is facing not only an unprecedented health crisis, but an unprecedented economic crisis as well...