Would UK Ambassador to the UN Barbara Woodward please release the source of the estimate? Did a Reuters journalist ask her for it? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Headline: “Britain warns #COVID19 could infect half #Myanmar in next two weeks” Text: “in the next two weeks, half of the population of Myanmar could be infected with COVID,” https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/britain-warns-covid-19-could-infect-half-myanmar-next-two-weeks-2021-07-29/

Below is the well researched text from Frontier Fridays on the prison protest a week ago. And the two links. There is little comprehensive coverage of the protest anywhere. Detainees, prison staff, and the community are all put at risk by overcrowding and lack of vaccination against Covid19. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ The other big news on […]

ND Burma has something to say on the response to Covid19 in Myanmar. Who is getting all those oxygen concentrators? The junta. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ https://nd-burma.org/burma-condemns-myanmars-handling-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-new-briefing-paper-how-the-myanmar-junta-is-violating-humanitarian-principles-in-their-covid-19-response/ https://nd-burma.org/health-is-a-human-right-how-the-myanmar-junta-is-violating-humanitarian-principles-in-their-covid-19-response/

I haven’t seen any mainstream media reports on the prison strike in Myanmar. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Assistance Association for Political Prisoners Emergency Release: COVID-19 in Burma’s Prison Posted on July 16, 2021 Across Burma COVID-19 is devastating communities, in this way the junta is benefiting from the spread of the deadly disease, they don’t have to […]

There are several issues that concern me in this Irrawaddy piece on Covid19 in prisons in Myanmar. The first is the detainee deaths. Deaths in the prison must be prevented through covidecarceration, cohorting, and care. The second is the protest. Who died? And the third is the ICRC. It is not the cavalry. If it […]

“It makes me think that they are creating more space within the prisons so that they can detain more political activists opposing them” Well said, @aapp_burma. Me too. Khin Maung Zaw, a lawyer who is part of the defence team for leaders of Myanmar’s ousted civilian government, takes special care to stigmatise some prisoners: “Prostitutes […]

I know that the UN team in Myanmar is in a very difficult position. But I’m disappointed by this press release. Where is a figure for the number of deaths? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Press Release UN Country Team in Myanmar Steps up COVID-19 Response Efforts 19 July 2021 အောက်တွင် မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ (Yangon) – The UN Country […]

“In a very direct way, through this lack of immunity, healthcare workers will embody the vulnerability that the military has wrought on Myanmar.” Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar’s covid-19 vaccines: The latest military strategy to undermine resistance BMJ July 19, 2021 People in Myanmar, from healthcare workers to the vulnerable, have rejected vaccinations for covid-19 to refute […]

Are the oxygen concentrators donated by Japan to UNOPS in Myanmar going to the junta hospitals or community-run facilities providing treatment for people hypoxemic from Covid19? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ https://reliefweb.int/report/myanmar/provision-oxygen-concentrators-treatment-covid-19-patients-myanmar-july-21-2021 https://mofa.go.jp/press/release/press3e_000214.html

Case numbers are case numbers. Count the dead. Civil society can and must watchdog cremation and burial figures. The junta will be held accountable. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar COVID-19 Case Numbers Heavily Underestimated: Medics The Irrawaddy 20 June 2021 Myanmar’s COVID-19 infections are highest in Yangon and Bago regions with each seeing over 1,000 new daily […]

Mary Callahan is a scholar who has long experience learning about the Tatmadaw. But I’m not sure about one of her informants. “One very reputable public health specialist expects that the population will be decimated by at least 10-15 million by the time Covid is done with Myanmar.” That is over a quarter of the […]

Here is an old report on NCDs in Myanmar. Just published. https://www.suni-sea.org/en/resources/myanmar-retrospective-report-september-2020/ Jamie