COVID-19 pandemic in Myanmar | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Myanmar |
Arrival date | 23 March 2020 (4 years, 4 months, 3 weeks and 6 days) |
Confirmed cases | 82,236[1] |
Recovered | 60,965[2] |
Deaths | 1,784[3][4][5] |
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Myanmar on 23 March 2020.[6]
On 23 March, Myanmar confirmed its first and second COVID-19 cases.[7]
On 24 March, Myanmar has launched a community lockdown in one village from Chin State to control the spread of the COVID-19.[8]
On 25 March, Myanmar confirmed its third COVID-19 case.[9]
On 31 March 2020, the Committee for Corona Virus Disease 19 (COVID-19), headed by First Vice President Myint Swe and made up of members from many union ministries, was formed by President Win Myint, to combat the spread of COVID-19 in Myanmar.[10]
Vietnam announced it would send $50,000 to Myanmar worth supplies, including medical tests, to aid the Burmese authorities handling the outbreak, becoming the first country to do so.[11]