Mar 25, 2020
The National Disaster Management Committee donated K100 million of its fund to the National-level Central Committee for COVID-19 Prevention, Control and Treatment yesterday.
Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Win Myat Aye, the vice-chairman of disaster management committee, presented the cash donation to Union Minister for Health and Sports Dr Myint Htwe, the secretary (2) of central committee.
Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye explained the donation of public funds to the original donors who are now facing against the deadly viral disease.
Mar 25, 2020
The Embassy of Republic of Korea handed over Covid-19 protective gear to Myanmar yesterday morning. Ambassador of ROK Mr Lee Sang-hwa explained the assistance, and presented the protective gear to Director General Dr Zaw Than Tun from the Department the of Medical Research. The ambassador acknowledged the bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
Mar 25, 2020
DIRECTOR-General U Zaw Htay, the spokesperson of the Ministry of the Office of the State Counsellor, yesterday denied the false news on a social network page about 33 Covid-19 cases in Myanmar.
Mar 25, 2020
Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement held a coordination meeting yesterday on drafting a project plan for prevention, control and treatment of the Coronavirus infection at the internally displaced persons-IDP camps.
Mar 25, 2020
Under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) by the Japanese government, the embassy of Japan signed an agreement yesterday to fund about US$ 480,000 to upgrading the Maungtaw Hospital and providing medical equipment to it.
The signing ceremony was held at the Japanese embassy in Yangon yesterday, and the grant assistance was signed by Japanese Ambassador Mr Maruyama and Chairman of the Maungtaw People’s Hospital Construction Supervising Committee U Hla Min.
Mar 25, 2020
Myanmar’s exports of rice, broken rice and sugar to China have recovered 75 per cent at Muse border, said Vice-Chair U Min Thein of Muse Rice Depot.
A cross-border trade channel through the Muse checkpoint has come to a near halt in early February in the light of Covid-19 concerns. Now, 75 per cent of trade has resumed, he continued.
“Seventy-five per cent of rice and sugar exports has begun again. Watermelon and muskmelon exports have also returned to a normal condition”, added U Min Thein.
Mar 25, 2020
The second Pyidaungsu Hluttaw convened its 28th day meeting of 15th regular session yesterday, and the MPs discussed international loans and grants for development programmes of the country.
IDA-18 loan programme from World Bank
Mar 24, 2020
EXCELLENT Fortune Foundation donated protective equipment regarding COVID-19 to the Yangon Region government yesterday.
The donation included 200 personal protective equipment (PPE) suits, 800 single-use rubber gloves, 67 goggles, 2,400 face masks and 240 N95 masks.
Yangon Region Minister for Social Affairs U Naing Ngan Linn said they have prepared spaces for placing quarantined people and stocked up on medicine and necessary equipment and prepared food for quarantined persons in Waibargi Hospital.
Mar 24, 2020
MYANMAR Motion Picture Organization (MMPO) and Forever Group donated K10 million and K20 million for the protection against, containment and treatment of COVID-19 respectively yesterday. Speaking at the donation ceremony held at MRTV in Yangon, Union Minister for Information Dr Pe Myint said while the coronavirus has spread to nearly all countries around the world, Myanmar has by some miracle no positive or confirmed cases. However, there are worries as it can enter the nation at any time.
Mar 24, 2020
YUNNAN Province donated 60,000 masks to Myanmar to be used in preventing the Coronavirus infection.
The donation ceremony was held at the Consul General Office in Kunming, Yunnan Province of China, in the presence of the Deputy Director-General of the Yunnan Province Government’s foreign affairs office Mr Hao Kun and Myanmar Consul General U Tun Aung Kyaw.
At the ceremony, Mr Hao Kun handed over the masks to the U Tun Aung Kyaw.