Tag: Tachileik
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...
COVID-19 Infections Surpass 100 in Eastern Shan State
By HSENG LENG / SHAN In two weeks, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in eastern Shan State has reached 104. Tachileik, a town on...
Tachileik Hotel Linked to Thai COVID-19 Infections Stayed Open Despite Closure...
Hotels, karaoke venues and massage parlors have been ordered to close by local authorities in the eastern Shan State town of Tachileik, after the...
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...
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...
Sixteen COVID-19 Cases Reported in Tachileik
Tachileik health officials detected 16 cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, December 1, over a 24-hour period, after testing about 300 people in the Burmese...
Business Slows and Fears Grow as Tachileik COVID-19 Cases Increase
Trade has slowed in in the Shan-Thai border town of Tachileik and people are wary of going out in public as the cases of...
