THE Central Committee on Prevention, Controlling and Treatment of COVID-19 held coordination meeting (37/2020) through video conferencing yesterday morning.
Union Minister for Health and Sports Dr Myint Htwe said this regular meeting will help strengthen information networking among all health officials across Myanmar. He said video conferencing, email groups, Viber groups and internet networking will be practiced in the future as well. Ministry staff were also advised to work from home if they were experiencing high fevers, dry coughs and joint aches or stiffness.
The Union Minister said the virus spread rate has been decreasing in China and this achievement should be closely studied. He said China and South Korea had effective virus containment methods and this was partially due to their public actively participating in the process.
He urged the elderly and those with chronic illnesses in Myanmar to remain in their home and avoid going to crowded places so as to avoid infecting others or contracting the virus. He said if everyone treats this matter as their own personal issue, then Myanmar will be able to properly contain and prevent the virus.
The Union Minister said the spread of the virus and deaths it causes are increasing outside China every day. The Director-General of WHO has warned that the virus can enter an unaffected nation without warning, two days ago, and the ministry has been making similar statements.
The Union Minister said the different process and courses of action to be taken if a lab result shows positive for COVID-19 should be represented in a flowchart and distributed to all concerned personnel as soon as possible. He said they are now also running lab tests on people who exhibit suspected symptoms and not just those who have a history of traveling to infected nations or being in close contact with infected patients.
The Union Minister said the states/regions need to quickly compile a list of necessities and submit it and the donations received from the public should be systematically used and distributed on the same day. He said they may have to collaborate with relevant ministries to arrange separate buildings for Myanmar nationals returning from abroad to stay in before the Thingyan period. He said the list of countries temporarily barred from entering Myanmar will be increased.
MNA
(Translated by Zaw Htet Oo)
Photo: MNA
Ref: The Global New Light of Myanmar