The Irrawaddy Magazine

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• Medical Teams Check Myanmar’s COVID-19 Hotspot for Hidden Carriers
• Myanmar’s Shan State Launches Campaign to Promote Use of Face Masks
• Generosity Comes Naturally to Myanmar People, but Don’t Take It for Granted
• Myanmar’s Kayah State Angers Activists with Protest Ban
• China Pushes BRI Projects As Myanmar Rolls Out COVID-19 Economic Relief Plan
• COVID-19 Response ‘a Chance to Reimagine Myanmar’s Future’
• Shanghai Disneyland to Reopen Amid Drop in New COVID-19 Cases in China
• Gas Leak at LG Polymers Plant in India Kills Six, Leaves Over 120 Sick

Medical Teams Check Myanmar’s COVID-19 Hotspot for Hidden Carriers Posted: 07 May 2020 06:46 AM PDT Myanmar's health ministry has knocked on every door in Insein Township in Yangon – where coronavirus cases have been concentrated – to find possible transmitters.

Myanmar’s Shan State Launches Campaign to Promote Use of Face Masks Posted: 07 May 2020 06:29 AM PDT The Shan State government has launched a campaign to educate people on the need to continue COVID-19 preventative measures by distributing face masks.

Generosity Comes Naturally to Myanmar People, but Don’t Take It for Granted Posted: 07 May 2020 05:04 AM PDT Myanmar people responded generously to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal for donations to fight COVID-19; now the government must do its job and protect their well-being.

Myanmar’s Kayah State Angers Activists with Protest Ban Posted: 07 May 2020 04:53 AM PDT Kayah rights advocates say their government has used COVID-19 as an excuse to clamp down on criticism.

China Pushes BRI Projects As Myanmar Rolls Out COVID-19 Economic Relief Plan Posted: 07 May 2020 03:16 AM PDT The Chinese ambassador to Myanmar has pushed to incorporate Beijing's key strategic development projects into Myanmar's COVID-19 Economic Relief Plan.

COVID-19 Response ‘a Chance to Reimagine Myanmar’s Future’ Posted: 07 May 2020 12:56 AM PDT The government's COVID-19 strategy should aim for long-term structural change to the economy, historian and policy-planning expert Thant Myint-U told The Irrawaddy.

Shanghai Disneyland to Reopen Amid Drop in New COVID-19 Cases in China Posted: 06 May 2020 10:35 PM PDT Shanghai Disneyland will reopen to guests next week after closing for more than three months due to COVID-19, according to news reports.

Gas Leak at LG Polymers Plant in India Kills Six, Leaves Over 120 Sick Posted: 06 May 2020 10:27 PM PDT A chemical gas leak at an LG Polymers factory in the southern Indian city of Visakhapatnam has killed six people and put more than 120 in hospital.

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