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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, 4 months, 3 weeks and 6 days) Confirmed cases 642,885[ 2] Recovered 608,709 (updated 31 October 2022) [ 3] Deaths
19,494[ 2] Fatality rate 3.03%Vaccinations 34,777,314[ 2] (total vaccinated) 27,545,329[ 2] (fully vaccinated) 64,549,994[ 2] (doses administered)
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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^ 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 .