Tag: coronavirus
Medical Staff Struggle To Keep Up With COVID-19 Outbreak
Taunggyi Township will soon not have enough medical staff to treat and test for COVID-19 if the outbreak continues in southern Shan State. The...
Six Cases of COVID-19 Reported in Tachileik
By Hseng Leng /SHAN Six cases of COVID-19, including two people who returned to Burma illegally from Thailand, were reported in Tachileik on December 10. After...
Rising Cases Prompts Authorities to Reduce Tachileik Market Hours
By Hseng Leng/SHAN Responding to an uptick in transmissions in Tachileik, health authorities ordered markets and grocery stores to close after 10 a.m. daily. All...
Woman Dies of COVID-19 in Lashio
A 38-year-old woman died of COVID-19 in the hospital in Lashio, northern Shan State, at 1 a.m. this Thursday, December 10, according to the...
One-hundred in Contact with COVID-19 Nurses
Six nurses were in contact with about a hundred people at Sao San Htun Public Hospital in Shan State's capital, Taunggyi, before it was...
More Transmissions Detected in Tachileik
Five new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Tachileik this Friday, December 4. Dr Lin Htut Oo, head of Tachileik Public Hospital, said the transmissions,...
Eight COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in Southern Shan State
Eight transmissions were reported by the Burma government's Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) in southern Shan State on Thursday, December 3. Medical staff tested...
COVID-19 Detected in Laikha Township
By Hseng Leng/SHAN The township of Laikha, located in southern Shan State, is experiencing its first cases of COVID-19, after two young women tested positive...
Township Authorities Quarantine Residents Returning from Tachileik
By Hseng Leng/SHAN Mong Yang Township authorities are making everyone returning from Tachileik stay at a quarantine facility after an outbreak was detected in the...
Some Disregarding Health Regulations Despite COVID-19 Threat
By Hseng Leng/SHAN Despite the threat of contracting COVID-19, many are carrying on as normal and not adhering to health guidelines implemented to keep everyone...
