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Written by Gabriel HerveyMay 27, 2021
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Southwest Airlines is expanding to 10 new cities by the end of 2021. It’s a ballsy guess that echoes the airline’s rogue history. Rosewood Mayakoba sits within the coronary heart of a 620-acre resort enclave in the Riviera Maya. The resort is built to abide by the best of eco-requirements, offering indulgence with awareness, and
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 12, 2020
Silent streets for water festival in Myanmar lockdown
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Asia Myanmar’s New Year festival of Thingyan is the country’s biggest public holiday – normally a week of nation-wide celebration and water-fights, with soaked revellers partying late into the night. A combination photo shows a street scene from normal celebrations for Thingyan a few years ago compared to this year’s festival AFP/Ye Aung THU 3 related
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
Myanmar reports first COVID-19 death; man had 4-day layover in Singapore
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SINGAPORE: A Myanmar national who had a four-day layover in Singapore on his way home from Australia has died from COVID-19, Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports spokesperson Dr Khin Khin Gyi said on Tuesday (Mar 31). The 69-year-old man, who died at about 7.30am on Tuesday at Way Bar Gyi hospital in Yangon, is the first
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
Undetected COVID-19 from returning Myanmar workers a big concern: Health official
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MYANMAR, Yangon: The likelihood of undetected COVID-19 cases imported by a recent wave of returning Myanmar workers from Thailand – at least 32,000 of them – via a shared land border is “dangerously high”, a Myanmar health official told CNA on Monday (Mar 30). The remarks came a day after Myanmar rolled out its strictest
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 26, 2020
Myanmar moves to increase COVID-19 test kit stockpile amid coronavirus battle
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YANGON: Myanmar is set to receive 40,000 more COVID-19 test kits in the country to help it cope with the virus outbreak, days after it detected at least three positive cases. Myanmar’s Ministry of Health and Sports spokesperson Khin Khin Gyi told CNA the country currently has about 2,000 test kits. Advertisement Advertisement “But the more we
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 24, 2020
Enough COVID-19 test kits for Myanmar, says WHO representative
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SINGAPORE: Myanmar – which announced two COVID-19 positive cases on Monday (Mar 23) – currently has enough test kits to detect suspected cases, says a World Health Organization’s (WHO) official. This assurance came from WHO representative to Myanmar Stephan Paul Jost, as news of the two positive cases sparked panic buying in Myanmar. Advertisement Advertisement Up until late-February,
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 24, 2020
Myanmar confirms first coronavirus cases
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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. The country of 54 million people had been the world’s largest country by population not to report a single case
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Sea of meth as Myanmar army smashes three drug labs
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KAWANGHKA, Myanmar: Sacks of heroin and methamphetamine are laid out in endless rows in a remote Myanmar border zone during a rare raid in the heart of Southeast Asia’s infamous “Golden Triangle”. The seizure in one of the world’s biggest narcotics-producing regions put three major laboratories out of business this week and hauled in 43 million
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 4, 2020
Singapore sends COVID-19 diagnostic tests, machines to Myanmar
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SINGAPORE: Singapore has contributed diagnostic tests and machines to Myanmar to help in the detection of the novel coronavirus, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Wednesday (Mar 4). A total of 3,000 diagnostics tests and two polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machines were sent in response to a request from the Myanmar Ministry of Health
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Commentary: Has Myanmar been in denial over COVID-19 outbreak all this while?
NEW DELHI: Myanmar confirmed its first two cases of coronavirus late on Monday (Mar 23) after weeks of maintaining the claim the country was free from the virus. The news sparked panic buying in the commercial capital of Yangon with shoppers packing major supermarkets. Advertisement Advertisement While it may have come as a shock to many Myanmar residents, it