Health & Safety

Angered by doctors’ support for anti-junta protests, Myanmar’s military has arrested several doctors treating COVID-19 patients independently, colleagues and media said, as the health system struggles to cope with a record wave of infections. Since the…

A total of 3,000 tonnes of liquid oxygen from China, arrived in Myanmar’s second largest city, Mandalay, on Saturday, according to a release from the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar.The liquid oxygen, purchased by Myanmar’s public welfare organisations, wa…

The number of deaths from COVID-19 rose to 4,769 in Myanmar, after 233 new ones were reported in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports yesterday.The number of COVID-19 infections has increased to 224,236 yest…

– Myanmar reported 6,194 new COVID-19 infections, yesterday, bringing the tally to 218,739, according to a release from the Health and Sports Ministry.The death toll has increased to 4,536, after 190 new deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, the r…

Myanmar is experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases prompting a shortage of oxygen supplies that COVID-19 patients desperately need, officials say. “Oxygen is scarcer than money,” Soe Win, a resident of Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, told the Associat…

– Myanmar’s Health and Sports Ministry, imposed a stay-at-home order in two townships of Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory and three more townships of Bago region, state-run media reported yesterday.So far, the ministry imposed the stay-at-home order in 31 …

Open warfare broke out Tuesday between troops loyal to Myanmar’s junta and members of the People’s Defense Force (PDF) militia in the country’s second largest city of Mandalay, leaving at least three people dead and one injured and prompting calls from…

Myanmar reported 595 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total cases in the country to 148,617, according to a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports.Three more deaths were reported yesterday, bringing the death toll to 3,265, in the cou…

Myanmar reported 355 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the tally to 146,406 yesterday, according to a release from the Health and Sports Ministry.The death toll rose to 3,250, after two new COVID-19 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, the relea…

– Myanmar reported 64 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 144,317.A release from Myanmar’s Ministry of Health, yesterday also reported two new deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in the country, bringing the COVID-19…

Voice of America confirmed Friday that incidents of plagiarism have taken place at the network and that an internal review has been launched into how complaints of wrongdoing are handled.The review was announced the day after The Washington Post report…

LOS ANGELES – A new report suggests that Chinese telecommunication firm Huawei has successfully secured contracts to provide cloud infrastructure in emerging economies in Asia, Africa and Latin America — a strategy that could allow Beijing to harvest i…

YAOUNDE, CAMEROON – World Menstrual Health Day on May 28 is being observed in Cameroon with NGOs and girls asking the government to either subsidize sanitary pads or provide them for free, as they already do with condoms. At least 300 school children a…

The number of COVID-19 infections rose to 143,318 in Myanmar, with 22 new cases yesterday, according to a statement from the Health and Sports Ministry.The country’s COVID-19 death toll stood at 3,216, the statement said.Some 35 recovered patients have…

The number of COVID-19 infections in Myanmar rose to 143,059, after 24 new cases were confirmed, in the past 24 hours, according to a statement from the Health and Sports Ministry, yesterday.The death toll stood at 3,212, and 28 more recovered patient…