
News by Country: Myanmar
8 January 2021
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DASSK chastises factory owners for staying open despite
instructions not to (Myanmar
Times, 22 April 2020)
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FGWM to
help govt take action against errant factories (Myanmar
Times, 21 April 2020)
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World
Bank fast-tracks $50 million loan for Myanmar ICU upgrade
(Myanmar
Times, 21 April 2020)
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South
Korean investments in Myanmar halted by pandemic
(Myanmar
Times, 21 April 2020)
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UPDATE:
More than 300 workers re-employed at Yangon bag factory (Myanmar
Times, 20 April 2020)
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UPDATE:
Factories in Myanmar to close for mandatory COVID-19 inspections
(Myanmar
Times, 19 April 2020)
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Displaced
families in Myanmar's Kachin fear coronavirus threat (Al Jazeera, 19 April 2020)
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Companies
to shut down if workers, management disagree on COVID-19 measures in Yangon (Myanmar Times, 18 April 2020)
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COVID-19
Threatens Myanmar’s Economy (The
Diplomat, 17 April 2020)
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Hotel and tour businesses in Myanmar get one-year
exemption on licence fees (Myanmar
Times, 16 April 2020)
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Myanmar bans gatherings of five and more as COVID-19
spreads (Myanmar Times, 16
April 2020)
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Myanmar military steps up attacks as coronavirus
spreads (Al Jazeera, 16 April
2020)
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Tougher challenges ahead in Myanmar COVID-19 fight (Myanmar Times, 14 April 2020)
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Myanmar restricts border crossing through
Myanmar-Bangladesh border gates (The Star, 14 April
2020)
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In Rohingya refugee camps, the internet blackout could
kill (Frontier Myanmar, 14
April 2020)
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In Myanmar, Hunger Overshadows COVID-19 for Yangon’s
Poorest (The Diplomat, 12 April 2020)
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Scores of detained Rohingya freed in Myanmar as
COVID-19 fears mount (CNA,
9 April 2020)
· Mr. Maung Maung, CTUM President’s
speech on Covid-19 (with English subtitles) (CTUM, 8
April 2020)
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Covid-19 impact and responses: Myanmar (Fair Wear, 7 April 2020)
· Loans
approved from COVID-19 fund for 400 small firms
(Myanmar
Times, 6 April 2020)
· Myanmar
Govt to provide free basic food for poor during COVID-19 shutdown
(The
Irrawaddy, 6 April 2020)
· Myanmar’s
Mon State consolidates quarantine centers for returning migrants
(The
Irrawaddy, 2 April 2020)
· Worker
unions in Myanmar to campaign for factory closures, full wages in April
(Myanmar
Times, 1 April 2020)
· Myanmar
Govt Announces Loan Package for Coronavirus-Hit Businesses in Key Sectors
(The
Irrawaddy, 30 March 2020)
· Myanmar
unveils $70 million stimulus package to ease economic blow from virus
(The
Irrawaddy, 19 March 2020)