The Irrawaddy Magazine

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• New Mon State Party Agrees to Close Thai-Myanmar Border Crossings to Curb COVID-19
• Myanmar Sets Up New Unit to Manage COVID-19 Volunteers
• Myanmar Military to Lend State-of-the-Art Machines for Public COVID-19 Testing
• Eight Test Negative for COVID-19 After Contact with Infected Myanmar Factory Interpreter
• Myanmar Plans Flights to Bring Home Nationals Stranded by COVID-19
• Myanmar Parliament to Discuss Budget Allocation, Foreign Loans for COVID-19 Response
• Myanmar Extends Visa and Flight Ban until May 15 to Tackle COVID-19
• COVID-19 Under Control If Myanmar Keeps Current Measures: Health Minister
• Mandalay Regional Govt Distributes Free Cloth Masks to Curb COVID-19 in Myanmar
• All COVID-19 Patients Discharged From Wuhan Hospitals
• Indian Woman Gang Raped After Being Quarantined Alone in School

New Mon State Party Agrees to Close Thai-Myanmar Border Crossings to Curb COVID-19 Posted: 27 Apr 2020 06:17 AM PDT To curb COVID-19, the NMSP has closed Thai border crossings under its control in the Three Pagodas Pass and asked returning migrants to re-enter Myanmar via Myawaddy.

Myanmar Sets Up New Unit to Manage COVID-19 Volunteers Posted: 27 Apr 2020 05:29 AM PDT The new National Volunteer Steering Unit, chaired by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, will support existing COVID-19 volunteer groups at quarantine center across the country.

Myanmar Military to Lend State-of-the-Art Machines for Public COVID-19 Testing Posted: 27 Apr 2020 05:23 AM PDT The Myanmar military says it will use two high-capacity testing machines already installed at military hospitals to assist with public COVID-19 testing.

Eight Test Negative for COVID-19 After Contact with Infected Myanmar Factory Interpreter Posted: 27 Apr 2020 05:19 AM PDT Around 150 others, who came into contact with the infected person at his shoe factory, will be tested for coronavirus, says the health chief in Yangon's industrial hub.

Myanmar Plans Flights to Bring Home Nationals Stranded by COVID-19 Posted: 27 Apr 2020 05:18 AM PDT The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is planning relief flights to India, Thailand, Singapore, South Korea and Japan to bring home stranded nationals.

Myanmar Parliament to Discuss Budget Allocation, Foreign Loans for COVID-19 Response Posted: 27 Apr 2020 04:48 AM PDT Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Myanmar's Parliament has delayed the start of its next session by more than two weeks until May 18.

Myanmar Extends Visa and Flight Ban until May 15 to Tackle COVID-19 Posted: 27 Apr 2020 03:51 AM PDT No commercial flights or non-diplomatic visas will not be available until May 15 as Myanmar says numbers under coronavirus quarantine are still growing.

COVID-19 Under Control If Myanmar Keeps Current Measures: Health Minister Posted: 27 Apr 2020 03:11 AM PDT Myanmar's minister of health says the country can avoid a major coronavirus outbreak if it maintains current prevention efforts until mid-May.

Mandalay Regional Govt Distributes Free Cloth Masks to Curb COVID-19 in Myanmar Posted: 27 Apr 2020 01:58 AM PDT The Mandalay regional government is paying small businesses and volunteer groups to produce cloth face masks, which are being distributed to the public free of charge.

All COVID-19 Patients Discharged From Wuhan Hospitals Posted: 26 Apr 2020 11:05 PM PDT For the first time since the global pandemic began there last year, hospitals in Wuhan, China are not treating any COVID-19 patients, health officials said.

Indian Woman Gang Raped After Being Quarantined Alone in School Posted: 26 Apr 2020 10:58 PM PDT A woman who sought help from police after walking for miles amid India's nationwide COVID-19 lockdown was gang raped after being quarantined alone at a school.

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