The Irrawaddy Magazine

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• Apartment Blocks Under Quarantine After Myanmar Finds Two More COVID-19 Cases
• Reading Myanmar—‘Miss Burma’ and the Liberal Conscience
• Myanmar Confirms Two New COVID-19 Cases
• When Yangon’s Avenues Traded Colonial English Names for Burmese

• Myanmar Medics Volunteer to Combat COVID-19 Menace
• Myanmar Army Seizes Shan State Militia Chiefs Over Drugs Bust
• Myanmar’s Nurses, Doctors Face Eviction as Landlords Panic Over COVID-19
• End of Aid; Beginning of Resilience?
• Myanmar Orders Half of Govt Employees to Stay Home Over COVID-19
• COVID-19: ASEAN Must Act More Boldly
• Thailand Bans Entry to Foreigners, Prepares Emergency Measures Against Coronavirus
• China Reports Second Consecutive Day of No New Local Coronavirus Transmissions, Imported Cases Rise
• India Struggles with Coronavirus Shutdown; Pakistan Cases Top 1,000
• A Fierce Battle in Western Myanmar Has Killed Hundreds as the Country Braces for COVID
• With COVID-19 Confirmed Case, Myanmar’s Chin State Makes Urgent Appeal for Protective Equipment

Apartment Blocks Under Quarantine After Myanmar Finds Two More COVID-19 Cases Posted: 27 Mar 2020 01:30 AM PDT Residents in Yangon and Mandalay apartment blocks where two coronavirus patients lived have been forced to stay indoors.

Reading Myanmar—‘Miss Burma’ and the Liberal Conscience Posted: 26 Mar 2020 08:30 PM PDT A fictionalized account of the life of beauty queen-turned Karen rebel leader Louisa Benson has a message about the West's bad conscience for Yangon's peace industry.

Myanmar Confirms Two New COVID-19 Cases Posted: 26 Mar 2020 07:23 PM PDT Myanmar has confirmed two new COVID-19 cases, one in Mandalay and one in Yangon, bringing the country's total to five confirmed cases, all imported.

When Yangon’s Avenues Traded Colonial English Names for Burmese Posted: 26 Mar 2020 06:30 PM PDT On this day in 1989, the then-military government changed the names of 165 streets in Yangon, dropping their English colonial names in favor of Burmese language replacements.

Myanmar Medics Volunteer to Combat COVID-19 Menace Posted: 26 Mar 2020 08:03 AM PDT "As a health worker, we just go where we need to be," said a doctor who volunteered to go to Chin State, where one of Myanmar's first COVID-19 cases was reported.

Myanmar Army Seizes Shan State Militia Chiefs Over Drugs Bust Posted: 26 Mar 2020 06:35 AM PDT Militia leaders and weapons in northern Shan State have been seized by Myanmar's military in response to a huge drugs bust earlier this month.

Myanmar’s Nurses, Doctors Face Eviction as Landlords Panic Over COVID-19 Posted: 26 Mar 2020 05:54 AM PDT Health care workers are being evicted by landlords concerned about the spread of COVID-19 but other local residents of Mandalay have opened their doors to them.

End of Aid; Beginning of Resilience? Posted: 26 Mar 2020 03:58 AM PDT The aid industry as we know it may be one of the many victims of the coronavirus pandemic. At minimum, globalization has taken a big hit; protectionism is back—with a vengeance.

Myanmar Orders Half of Govt Employees to Stay Home Over COVID-19 Posted: 26 Mar 2020 01:11 AM PDT The government has told half of its employees to stay home as it ramps up efforts to combat COVID-19. The order excludes health treatment providers at government hospitals.

COVID-19: ASEAN Must Act More Boldly Posted: 25 Mar 2020 11:25 PM PDT ASEAN leaders must do more to coordinate their efforts to combat COVID-19 as each country's health depends on that of its neighbors.

Thailand Bans Entry to Foreigners, Prepares Emergency Measures Against Coronavirus Posted: 25 Mar 2020 11:21 PM PDT Thailand has closed its borders to most foreigners as the country prepares for a state of emergency that will grant the prime minister sweeping powers to combat COVID-19.

China Reports Second Consecutive Day of No New Local Coronavirus Transmissions, Imported Cases Rise Posted: 25 Mar 2020 10:43 PM PDT Mainland China reported no new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases for the second day in a row and Hubei Province, where the pandemic began, has started to lift restrictions.

India Struggles with Coronavirus Shutdown; Pakistan Cases Top 1,000 Posted: 25 Mar 2020 10:36 PM PDT People in India voiced concerns about access to medicine and how they will feed their families under the lockdown that began Wednesday as COVID-19 spread across the country.

A Fierce Battle in Western Myanmar Has Killed Hundreds as the Country Braces for COVID Posted: 25 Mar 2020 07:30 AM PDT Since January, fighting between the Arakan Army and Myanmar's military has intensified dramatically, killing hundreds as Myanmar focuses attention on the threat of COVID-19.

With COVID-19 Confirmed Case, Myanmar’s Chin State Makes Urgent Appeal for Protective Equipment Posted: 25 Mar 2020 06:53 AM PDT The Chin State authorities have called for more protective equipment, saying it is poorly prepared to cope with a possible COVID-19 outbreak.

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