Mar 29, 2020
TATMADAW True News Team held a press conference at Defence Services Museum in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday evening.
Officials of the Directorate of Medical Services of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army) conducted COVID-19 test on the participants before the start of the press meet as a virus preventive measure.
Mar 28, 2020
FOOD assistance from Chin State Government and a social organization arrived in Tiddim, Chin State, yesterday, according to the local Information and Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Information.
The aid includes rice, cooking oil, beans and salt.
Meanwhile, the food aid from a KMSS social organization were distributed to the villagers of the Tiddim Township’s Katel Village where the COVID-19 case was found on 23 March.
Home quarantines enforced in Chin village
Mar 28, 2020
UNION Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Win Myat Aye held a video conference with UN humanitarian aid agencies yesterday concerning preparations against COVID-19 for internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Mar 27, 2020
CHINESE government donated medical protective equipment to Myanmar on 26 March to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mr Chen Hai, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Myanmar, handed over the medical supplies to Prof Dr Zaw Than Tun, Director General of Medical Research under the Ministry of Health and Sports.
This is the second batch of donation from China, and included 5,000 personal protective equipment (PPE), 5,000 N95 masks, and 200,000 disposable face masks.
The first batch of China’s donation included laboratory equipment, and face masks.
Mar 27, 2020
Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Win Myat Aye called on officials of the ministry’s departments in regions and states for cooperating with regional authorities in fighting the COVID-19 in their regions respectively.
He urged the officials at the video conferencing meeting yesterday to work together with regional authorities to provide the community-based facility quarantine to Myanmar migrant workers returned from Thailand.
Mar 27, 2020
Over 80 factories in Thilawa Special Economic Zone are operating as usual despite the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Dr Than Than Nwe, Secretary of the Thilawa SEZ Management Committee.
“Over 80 factories in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone are currently operating. With the factories running, their employees are working as usual. There are more than 12,000 permanent employees working in the Thilawa SEZ.” said Dr Than Than Nwe.
Mar 27, 2020
The National-level Committee for Resettlement and Closures of IDP Camps held its first coordination meeting in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday to implement its strategies.
Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Win Myat Aye, in his capacity as the committee’s chairman, explained the tasks of committee which was formed on 25 February 2020.
Mar 27, 2020
Two well-wisher organizations donated K 40 million to the National-Level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) at the Ministry of Health and Sports in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.
Union Minister for Health and Sports Dr Myint Htwe, in his capacity as Secretary (2) of the committee, received K 35 million donated by Myanmar traditional cheroot producers association, and K 5 million provided by the Mann Aung Nyein Foundation.
Mar 27, 2020
The daily central coordination meeting on preparedness and response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) held meeting No. 41/2020 yesterday.
In his address to the meeting, Union Minister for Health and Sports Dr Myint Htwe said they will upgrade the central command centre from this day to better manage and facilitate engagement with COVID-19. He said they must amend their current strategies for the virus as 3 imported cases have arrived in Myanmar.
Mar 27, 2020
Myanmar migrant workers returned home through the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Myawady for five consecutive days.
A team of authorities comprised of officials of administrative, health care and security sectors have been providing them with medical check ups and transportation services in efforts to prevent the spread of Coronavirus infection.
Htien Lin Aung (IPRD)
(Translated by Kyaw Zin Tun)
Photo: MNA
Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar