Myanmar in denial with zero Covid-19 case claim Officials claim recent mysterious deaths are not Covid-19 related

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Tue Mar 24, 2020 6:44 am

saw this on another thread, topic36927-30.html?sid=307dfb7615309f64 ... 20b130bb53

GMJS-CEO wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:48 am I would be shocked if they did not have the virus already in Cambodia months ago. I do wonder if there was some kind of political motivation behind them not finding/reporting it, but perhaps that is me adorning my tinfoil hat.

and rather that go off topic ,,,,

citizens are protected by nation's unique diet and lifestyle

A Yangon City Development Committee member takes the temperature of young nuns as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 novel coronavirus at a market in Yangon, March 21, 2020. Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu

CHIANG MAI – If Myanmar’s nominal leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be believed, her country stands out as a global exception without a single reported case of Covid-19.

“Until now no one in our country is infected with Covid-19,” Suu Kyi said in a nationally televised address which to date remains the government’s official position.

Zaw Htay, a government spokesman, said at a March 14 press conference that “Covid-19 is still not present in Myanmar and there have been doubts about that. The government and the Ministry of Health are publishing true news…the lifestyle and diet of Myanmar citizens are beneficial against the coronavirus.”

Authorities have claimed they died from other causes. But if as some suspect they were Covid-19 cases, then it would indicate the disease is spreading far and wide across the country and not as in other regional nations confined largely to major commercial centers.

“It’s not only the government that is in denial, but also many ordinary citizens,” said one Yangon-based resident.

They suggested such rumors aimed to destabilize Suu Kyi’s government and could cause national panic.

https://asiatimes.com/2020/03/myanmar-i ... d7ff190aa4

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Tue Mar 24, 2020 9:30 am

spoke a little to soon;

YANGON: Myanmar confirmed its first cases of of the deadly novel coronavirus late on Monday (Mar 23) after weeks of increasing scepticism over the under-developed Southeast Asian nation's claims to be free of the disease.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/as ... s-12569458

canucklhead · Post by **canucklhead** » Tue Mar 24, 2020 11:26 am

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 9:30 am spoke a little to soon;

YANGON: Myanmar confirmed its first cases of of the deadly novel coronavirus late on Monday (Mar 23) after weeks of increasing scepticism over the under-developed Southeast Asian nation's claims to be free of the disease.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/as ... s-12569458

I think its due mostly to lack of test kits. Probably the same is true for Cambodia as well.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sun Apr 12, 2020 3:56 pm

COVID-19 Infections Rise to 27 in Myanmar
12/04/20 15:40

YANGON, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Five more confirmed infection cases of the COVID-19 were reported in Myanmar, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 27, a release from the Health and Sports Ministry said on Friday.

A 32-year-old male migrant worker in Yangon tested positive for COVID-19 early on Friday while he was being treated as a patient under investigation. He showed symptoms of being infected after returning from Singapore last month.

So far, Myanmar has reported three deaths from the disease.
http://en.freshnewsasia.com/index.php/e ... 26-34.html