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Mar 22, 2020
UNION Minister for Health and Sports Dr Myint Htwe attended the ceremony to donate cash, medical equipment and medicines to Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-COVID) and the Ministry of Health and Sports yesterday in Yangon.
Mar 21, 2020
Following is the full-text of the news release on monitoring of COVID-19 (11:45 p.m., 23-3-2020) issued by the Ministry of Health and Sports.
Mar 21, 2020
THE Ministry of Health and Sports has initiated its coordination and command centres to control measures against Covid-19 in the country amid worries about high risk of the viral disease due to the returnees from the countries and territories with the confirmed cases of pandemic.
Union Minister Dr Myint Htwe advised health authorities from States and Regions during the daily meeting 39/2020 through video conferencing yesterday, and he expressed his appreciation of their round-theclock efforts on disease-preventive measures.
Mar 21, 2020
A donation ceremony for medicine and equipment for COVID-19 was held at the Defence Services Orthopedic Hospital in Mingaladon Township, Yangon Region, yesterday.
First, the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, delivered a speech regarding the donation and Maj-Gen Soe Win, Director of Directorate of Medical Services, explained the Tatmadaw’s preparations for COVID-19.
Mar 21, 2020
U Soe Han, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and Mr Chen Hai, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar signed the agreement on the transfer of fund for Mekong-Lancang Special Fund (2020) projects, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the afternoon of 23rd March (Monday) 2020.
Mar 21, 2020
A ceremony to provide cash assistance for construction of a shelter-cum-school in Chaungtha was held at the meeting hall of the Ayeyawady Region government in Pathein yesterday.
The construction of the shelter-cum-school in Chaungtha was funded by the committee.
Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye, in his capacity as the Vice Chairman of the National Natural Disaster Management Committee, has called for stepping up preparedness against natural disasters as the rainy season is approaching.
Mar 21, 2020
(8 pm, 22-3-2020)
1. The Ministry of Health and Sports has been conducting monitoring activities on the COVID-19 acute respiratory disease, which had spread throughout China and some countries around the world, at international entry-exit checkpoints, hospital-based, community-based and in cooperation with private hospitals.
2. There were five new patients who are being monitored for COVID-19 disease as of 12 pm of 22-3-2020 from 12 pm of 20-3-2020.
3. As of 6 p.m. on 22-3-2020, 16 patients were being monitored for the COVID-19 at hospitals.
Mar 21, 2020
OFFICIALS from the Social Security Board under the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population held a meeting with responsible persons from industrial zones on 21 March to promote awareness measures against Covid-19 at the factories and workshops.
The discussion took place at the meeting hall of Industrial Zone Management Committee in Hlinethaya Township, Yangon.
Deputy Director-General U Tin Ko Ko from the Social Security Board introduced the awareness programme for employers and employees of factories and workshops across the country.
Mar 21, 2020
THE date of the establishment of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on 23 March 1950 has been named World Meteorological Day. This organization announces a slogan for World Meteorology Day every year, and this day is celebrated in all member countries.
World Water Day which falls on 22 March 2020 and World Meteorological Day would be commemorated at the World Meteorological Organization headquartered at Geneva.
Mar 21, 2020
UNION Minister for Health and Sports Dr Myint Htwe raised his concern about the risk of Covid-19 in the country due to the influx of Myanmar migrant workers from Thailand.
During a coordination meeting 30/2020 of the pandemic prevention central committee in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday, the Union Minister suggested those returnees need to put themselves in self-quarantine as it is not possible for facility quarantine to a large number of people at the same time.