Back جائحة فيروس كورونا في ميانمار Arabic COVID-19-Pandemie in Myanmar German Pandemia de COVID-19 en Birmania Spanish دنیاگیری کووید-۱۹ در میانمار Persian Pandémie de Covid-19 en Birmanie French Pandemi Covid-19 di Myanmar ID Pandemia di COVID-19 in Birmania Italian 미얀마의 코로나19 범유행 Korean ၂၀၂၀ ကဝ်ရဝ်နာဝဳရုသ် ကပ်ယဲ ပ္ဍဲဍုင်ဗၟာ MNW Pandemik COVID-19 di Myanmar Malay
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| COVID-19 pandemic in Myanmar | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Myanmar |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | Tedim, Chin State[1] |
| Arrival date | 23 March 2020 (4 years, 1 month and 2 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 641,990[2] |
| Recovered | 608,709 (updated 31 October 2022) [3] |
Deaths | 19,494[2] |
| Fatality rate | 3.04% |
| Vaccinations | |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Myanmar is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Myanmar on 23 March 2020.[4] On 31 March 2020, the Committee for Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19), headed by First Vice President Myint Swe and made up of members from the various union ministries, was formed by President Win Myint to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the country.[5]
Although the government rapidly implemented containment measures and public health responses, the country had experienced one of the most severe COVID-19 outbreaks in Southeast Asia by late 2020.[6][7] The UN raised concerns about Myanmar's vulnerability to the pandemic due to its weak healthcare infrastructure following poor investment over six decades of military rule, as well as ongoing internal conflict.[8]
The pandemic greatly disrupted the country's economy and Myanmar's GDP shrank by 5% in 2020.[9] The 2021 coup d'état and subsequent protests and civil disobedience movement, some of which were led by healthcare workers, caused severe disruptions to the country's public health response and deepened its recession.[10][11][12][13] The country's COVID-19 testing system and vaccination deployment are thought to have collapsed in February 2021.[12]
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- ^ "Myanmar leader forms new anti-COVID-19 committee". The Myanmar Times. 31 March 2020. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ Traill, Ashwini Deshpande, Khaing Thandar Hnin, and Tom (1 December 2020). "Myanmar's response to the COVID-19 pandemic". Brookings. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
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- ^ "Myanmar's Economy Hit Hard by Second Wave of COVID-19: Report". World Bank. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Nachemson, Andrew. "Medics in Myanmar on strike against military amid COVID-19 crisis". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Food and fuel prices soar in Myanmar as coup exacerbates Covid-19 crisis". The Guardian. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Coronavirus testing collapses in Myanmar after coup". Reuters. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Mahase, Elisabeth (12 March 2021). "Covid-19: Military coup in Myanmar sees virus response crumble as doctors are arrested". BMJ. 372: n704. doi:10.1136/bmj.n704. ISSN 1756-1833. PMID 33712414. S2CID 232199858.