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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
The Commander-in-chief of Kayan New Land Party U Aung Min said the relevant EAOs and public are cooperating the quarantine program at government...
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April 13, 2020
The Mese Township Minister of Forestry U Sai Than Nyunt said they are still investigating the accused until now although they arrested the illegal...
Shan State Planning and Finance Minister Soe Nyunt Lwin
April 13, 2020
SENG PHOO — The Shan State government announced it will start providing basic food rations to 650,000 people in need during COVID-19 lockdowns. Soe...
April 13, 2020
Thousands of new villagers have been forced from their homes by fighting between the Burma Army and Arakan Army (AA) in the last couple of months in...
April 13, 2020
The Mon State government has arranged for Community Based Facilities Quarantine (CBFQ) for returnees from Thailand to Myanmar. According to U Myint...
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
KsC19PN volunteers reached at Maina RC (Roman Catholic) camp in Waingmaw township, Kachin State, northern Burma on April 6, 2020. Photo: KsC19PN
April 13, 2020
Kachin civil society organizations have started their own preventative programs to fight coronavirus in the internally displaced persons (IDP) camps...
April 13, 2020
The government introduced stricter travel measures it claims will help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Kachin State’s Hpakant Township. Locals are...
April 13, 2020
The mother of Burma’s COVID-19 patient ‘zero’ tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS) confirmed the 58-...
April 13, 2020
Khin Tharaphy Oo — A soldier who allegedly insulted a woman’s modesty on the afternoon of April 6 in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township will face...