Myanmar: CoronaVirus Meter

Canadian preacher arrested in Myanmar for breaking coronavirus ban

4d | YAHOO!

Myanmar police arrested a Canadian pastor Wednesday for allegedly holding a service in defiance of a coronavirus ban on mass ...

Canadian pastor faces 3 years in jail for defying Myanmar's coronavirus ban

4d | Fox News

A Christian pastor in Southeast Asia who preached a sermon telling churchgoers they would be immune to coronavirus -- then ...

Myanmar Christians Split Over Canadian Pastor Arrested for Violating COVID-19 Restrictions

2d | Christianity Today

Buddhist nation's outbreaks linked to church gatherings, is it religious persecution to punish leaders of the minority faith?

Conflict, Health Cooperation and COVID-19 in Myanmar

1d | ReliefWeb

English Analysis on Myanmar about Health, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, IDPs, Epidemic and more; published on 19 May 2020 ...

Myanmar says eight coronavirus cases among returnees from Malaysia

5d | YAHOO!

Myanmar authorities said on Tuesday said they have found eight coronavirus cases among scores of people who returned from Malaysia, where the authorities have recently been detaining undocumented ...

IOM Myanmar COVID-19 Response Situation Report 6, 23 May 202

1d | ReliefWeb

English Situation Report on Myanmar and 3 other countries about Food and Nutrition, Health, Epidemic and more; published on ...

Myanmar news editor sentenced to 2 years in jail over COVID-19 report

2d | Cpj.org

Myanmar authorities should immediately release jailed news editor Zaw Ye Htet and stop using vague and abusive laws against ...

Is China Deploying COVID-19 Diplomacy to Speed BRI Projects in Myanmar?

4d | The Diplomat

At present, fears that China is using the pandemic to exert excessive pressure and push through BRI projects in Myanmar are ...

Pastor faces 3 years in jail for defying Myanmar's COVID-19 stay-at-home orders

7d | The Christian Post

A controversial Christian pastor and three others in Myanmar face three years in jail for organizing services in defiance of ...

Myanmar editor jailed for 2 years over coronavirus error

2d | The Jakarta Post

A Myanmar news editor has been jailed for two years after his agency reported a coronavirus death that turned out to be false ...

Coronavirus: Myanmar, Thailand and Laos stay flexible as businesses reopen with conditions

2d | The Straits Times

Walk into a mall in Bangkok now and you will be asked to scan a QR code and key in personal details on a web platform for ...

Asia Briefing N°161: Conflict, Health Cooperation and COVID-19 in Myanmar

1d | ReliefWeb

English Analysis on Myanmar about Health, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, IDPs, Epidemic and more; published on 19 May 2020 ...

Myanmar editor jailed for 2 years over COVID-19 death error

2d | Channel NewsAsia Singapore

A Myanmar news editor has been jailed for two years after his agency reported a COVID-19 death that turned out to be false, ...

UN Security Council to discuss violence, coronavirus in Myanmar

12d | YAHOO!

The UN Security Council will hold a videoconference to discuss the escalation of violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state and the ...

A woman in a Myanmar village tries to rescue her small business from the COVID-19 pandemic

1d | ReliefWeb

English News and Press Release on Myanmar about Recovery and Reconstruction and Women; published on 04 May 2020 by UN Women ...

Myanmar news editor sentenced to 2 years in jail over COVID-19 report

2d | Cpj.org

Myanmar authorities should immediately release jailed news editor Zaw Ye Htet and stop using vague and abusive laws against ...

Myanmar says eight coronavirus cases among returnees from Malaysia

5d | YAHOO!

Myanmar authorities said on Tuesday said they have found eight coronavirus cases among scores of people who returned from Malaysia, where the authorities have recently been detaining undocumented ...

Myanmar reports total of 199 coronavirus infections

3d | Middle East North Africa Financial Network

The health and sports Ministry of Myanmar said that six more patients have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the country on ...

Is China Deploying COVID-19 Diplomacy to Speed BRI Projects in Myanmar?

4d | The Diplomat

At present, fears that China is using the pandemic to exert excessive pressure and push through BRI projects in Myanmar are ...

Myanmar reports total of 199 coronavirus infections

3d | Middle East North Africa Financial Network

The health and sports Ministry of Myanmar said that six more patients have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the country on ...

Myanmar news editor jailed for 2 years over coronavirus death report error

2d | Vanguard

A news editor in Myanmar has been jailed after his agency reported a coronavirus death that turned out to be error, his ...

Pastor faces 3 years in jail for defying Myanmar's COVID-19 stay-at-home orders

7d | The Christian Post

A controversial Christian pastor and three others in Myanmar face three years in jail for organizing services in defiance of ...

Myanmar editor gets 2 years over coronavirus error

2d | GMA Network

A Myanmar news editor was sentenced up to two years in jail after his agency reported a coronavirus death that turned out to ...

Armed Conflict Has Forced 661,000 People to Flee Their Homes During the Coronavirus Pandemic

2d | Time

"One of the men we spoke to had to flee his village on May 11. He left with $11 in his pocket and nothing else," ...

The nutrition crisis of covid-19 will be even worse than the disease

2h Opinion | Washington Post

There’s a huge covid impact which is economic, and that is drowning out the disease itself,” Lowcock told me during an ...

Key Considerations: COVID-19 in the Context of Conflict and Displacement – Myanmar

9d | ReliefWeb

Myanmar faces COVID-19 alongside serious humanitarian and health system vulnerabilities. The country has a range of conflicts ...

Myanmar: Government fails to protect Rohingya after world court order

2d | ReliefWeb

English News and Press Release on Myanmar about Protection and Human Rights; published on 22 May 2020 by Amnesty ...

UK’s COVID-19 study aims to vaccinate more than 10,000

2d | The Boston Globe

British researchers testing an experimental vaccine against the new coronavirus are moving into advanced studies and aim to ...

Myanmar News Editor Jailed for 2 Years Over Error in Reporting Coronavirus Death

14h | YAHOO!

Chief editor Zaw Ye Htet was arrested April 13, the same day his online news agency Dae Pyaw published an erroneous article ...