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The fourth round of the epidemic in Myanmar has exceeded 1,000 new confirmed cases in a single day for two consecutive days

author:Globe.com

Source: CCTV News

According to the news released by the Ministry of Health of Myanmar on the evening of February 9, local time, of the 23,738 samples tested on the same day, 1,043 confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia were found, with a confirmed rate of 4.39%. This is also the second time since February 8 that the number of new confirmed cases in Myanmar has exceeded 1,000 in a single day since February 8, and the confirmed case rate has also climbed rapidly from less than 2% in the previous month to more than 4%.

The fourth round of the epidemic in Myanmar has exceeded 1,000 new confirmed cases in a single day for two consecutive days

Of the new confirmed cases on 9 February, there were 711 cases in Yangon Province, 75 cases in Irrawaddy Province, 54 cases in Kachin State, 48 cases in Bago Province, 45 cases in Shan State, 38 cases in Chin State, 37 cases in Mandalay Province, 37 cases in Nay pydaw, 31 cases in MonBang, 31 cases in Sagaed Province, 15 cases in Telinday Province, 12 cases in Kayah State, and less than 10 cases in the remaining provincial states. At present, the epidemic has all emerged in seven provinces and seven states in Myanmar, of which Yangon Province has become the region with the most confirmed cases at present, and a factory and a hospital in Yangon have seen a large number of confirmed cases. At the same time, in addition to the discovery of infections with the Omilkejun strain among the inbound personnel, there have also been cases of local transmission of the Omilkejung in Yangon Province and Seget Province.

Myanmar's third round of COVID-19 began in May 2021 in the western border region, then spread rapidly across the territory, peaking in July and August, with a surge in confirmed cases and a large number of severe and fatal cases, and gradually eased after October. As of now, Myanmar has not had a new crown death case for more than ten consecutive days, but the emergence of a large number of new confirmed cases has made the health department aware of the risk of the upcoming spread of the epidemic, and a large number of isolation and treatment areas have been opened to prepare for the treatment of confirmed cases. (Reporter Wang Yuezhou)

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