– The number of COVID-19 infections rose to 514,716, with 18,963 total deaths in Myanmar yesterday, according to a release from the Ministry of Health.The country reported 754 new COVID-19 cases with a test positivity rate of 2.87 percent and…
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South Korea Showed How to Contain COVID, Now It Will Try to Live With It
Seats are once again packed at professional baseball games in South Korea. Just as in pre-pandemic times, fans can drink beer and eat fried chicken. They can clap their hands, stomp their feet, and wave inflatable noisemakers to support their…
Read MoreMyanmar Lifts Stay-At-Home Order In 44 Townships
Myanmar’s Health Ministry, yesterday announced to lift the stay-at-home order in 44 townships, as fewer daily COVID-19 infections were detected.The announcement said, the order will be lifted in 20 townships of Yangon region and 24 townships of Mandala…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses 18,000 In Myanmar
The death toll of COVID-19 reached 18,034 in Myanmar yesterday, after 36 more deaths were reported, according to a release from the Ministry of Health.A total of 1,394 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the…
Read MoreWHO Backs Malaria Vaccinations for African Children
The World Health Organization recommended Wednesday that children in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions on the continent with moderate-to-high malaria transmission receive a malaria vaccine.The vaccine, known as Mosquirix, proved effective in a pilot…
Read MoreFrom food insecurity to the UN’s future: What we’re watching at the UNGA
The world’s biggest diplomatic event is back – well, kind of. The 76th session of the UN General Assembly kicked off at UN headquarters in New York on 14 September, and the headline-grabbing General Debate – featuring high-profile speeches from…
Read MoreLeaders to Gather at UN Against COVID-19 Backdrop
Afghanistan, climate action and the COVID-19 pandemic will be front and center next week when large numbers of world leaders return to New York for their first in-person meetings at the United Nations in more than a year.The coronavirus pandemic…
Read MoreBritain Expected to Announce Plans to Inoculate 12-to-15-Year-Olds
The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported early Sunday that it has recorded 224.3 million global COVID-19 infections and 4.6 million global deaths. The center also said 5.7 billion vaccines have been administered. Britain is expected t…
Read MoreBritain Reverses Course on ‘Vaccine Passports’ for Nightclubs
Britain’s Health Ministry announced Sunday that it would reverse its decision to require ‘vaccine passports’ for Britons entering nightclubs and bars.Health Minister Sajid Javid said Sunday that the idea, which faced pushback from conservative lawmaker…
Read MoreMyanmar Faces COVID Vaccination Woes as Health System Under Threat
BANGKOK, THAILAND – Myanmar’s COVID-19 battle is facing further complications amid the fallout from February’s military coup. This week, the opposition National Unity Government declared a “defensive war” against the ruling junta government. Next week,…
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