Myanmar faces COVID-19 alongside serious humanitarian and health system vulnerabilities. The country has a range of conflicts and non-state actors who must be factored into a public health response.
12 insurgents handed over by Myanmar test corona negative in Manipur
Twelve of the 22 insurgents handed over by Myanmar to India on Friday tested negative for coronavirus in Manipur on Sunday, officials said. Manipur Health and Family Welfare Department’s Additional …
Yoma Strategic’s mobile payments joint venture in Myanmar ties up with Alipay operator
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Alipay operator Ant Financial Services Group will invest $73.5 million in Digital Money Myanmar (Wave Money) – a mobile payments joint venture (JV) between Telenor …
British Woman Builds Camp Out of Used Plastic after Being Stranded on Myanmar Island for 2 Months
A British volunteer worker Natalie Poole has been stuck at a remote island in Myanmar for two months after their rescue boat was cancelled. According to a report in BBC, the 35-year-old is stranded …
Lankans returns from Myanmar
A group of Lankans stranded in the Myanmar were repatriated today in a chartered Myanmar Airways flight (8M611).The flight 8M611 had 74 passengers and flight had arrived this afternoon at the …
Preparing Myanmar refugees for a brighter future
English News and Press Release on Thailand about Recovery and Reconstruction and Refugees; published on 15 May 2020 by ACTED …
Myanmar’s Poorest Take Virus Fight Into Their Own Hands
After Myanmar confirmed its first coronavirus infection in late March, the residents of one village in the country’s northwestern Sagaing region sprang into action.
Myanmar Migrants Rescued in Thailand
Malaysia border for two months have been rescued, according to an official of the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok. U Sai Aye, the official interpreter of the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, told VOA Burmese …
Myanmar’s army investigating soldiers over video of abuses
Reuters/SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE A member of Myanmar’s security forces interrogates a blindfolded man on a boat located in what is said to be Ponnagyun, Rakhine State, Myanmar (Reu …
UN to discuss violence, virus in Myanmar
The United Nations Security Council would hold a videoconference to discuss the escalation of violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state and the effect of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, diplomatic …