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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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