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.
Mar 24, 2020
“THIS system has been in use in other parts of the world for a long time, but this is for the first time to use the technology in Myanmar. Smart car parking system aims at preventing unnecessary delays in the parking of the vehicles and reducing the congestion of roads,” said Managing Director U Soe Zaw Min Htet of Team-2 Myanmar Gateway Engineering Consultancy.
Mar 24, 2020
UNION Minister for Information Dr Pe Myint met with the chairpersons, vice-chairpersons and secretaries of the National Literary Award Selection Committee and Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Award Selection Committee at MRTV meeting hall on Pyay Road, Yangon, yesterday morning.
Mar 23, 2020
THE Dhammaduta Jetavana Monastery in Hmawbi Township, Yangon, has allowed its facilities to be used as a quarantine site.
Dhammaduta Dr Ashin Cekinda, the presiding monk of the monastery, offered his meditation retreat to accommodate Myanmar citizens who will return from foreign countries and territories with the outbreak of Covid-19 and those who have no symptoms despite their close contact with the infected patients.
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 Amyotha Hluttaw held its 12th-day meeting of the 15th regular session yesterday, and discussed asterisk questions, tabled a motion and reported a one-year extension of the term of a committee.
MP U Maung Maung Ohn from constituency 5 of Ayeyawady region asked about time and process for the amendment of wordings in ‘Exception’ paragraph under Section 4 (f-iii) of Chapter 2: Formation of Labour Organizations in the Labour Organization Rules dated on 29 February 2012 with the notification number 1/2012 issued by the Ministry of Labour.
Mar 21, 2020
THE 12th-day meeting of the Second Amyotha Hluttaw’s 15th regular session was held yesterday where asterisk questions were raised and a report read.
First, U Khin Maung Thein of Sagaing constituency asked whether a plot of land measuring 120 by 120 feet will be permitted to construct an administrator’s office and staff residences in Sartaung, Sagaing Region.
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.