Health in Myanmar [him], formerly HIV Information in Myanmar, is closing in on its four thousandth posting. I’m going to my homeland Canada for the first time in a year and a half. Watch for more postings in September. Jamie

In this article we learn that Frank Smithuis is an Oxford professor: “Smithuis, who is also a professor at Oxford University”. Who knew? Jamie https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Myanmar-Crisis/Myanmar-s-unchecked-epidemic-threatens-COVID-19-tsunami

There is a wealth of public material on Covid19 in the Burmese language on the WHO Myanmar website. I wish it was in other languages: Karen, Shan, and Kachin for a start. Jamie https://www.who.int/myanmar/emergencies/coronavirus-disease-2019

What do you think of this Economist take on the Covid19 epidemic in Myanmar? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ The second horseman The Burmese army is making a bad pandemic worse The covid-19 death rate is one of the highest in the world Aug 7th 2021 SINGAPORE Than than soe has not had a day off since covid-19 […]

All prisoners should be released to effect covidecarceration. Prioritise the eldest or sickest if you must. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ https://www.icj.org/myanmar-the-right-to-life-and-health-of-prisoners-must-be-protected-amidst-a-worsening-covid-19-situation/

Any comment from WHO on this? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Myanmar Citizens Reject Junta’s Immunization Plans and Chinese COVID-19 Vaccines Doctors support vaccination but say they understand why people do not trust the military government. RFA 2021-08-05 Myanmar’s military junta has begun a nationwide vaccination campaign as the country struggles under a third COVID-19 wave, but many […]

Zin Mar Aung of the NUG is clear that, with respect to humanitarian aid, “We don’t want international organizations to pick sides, but [to] engage with both the State Administration Council [SAC] and the NUG.” Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ International efforts ‘urgent’ to avoid Myanmar becoming global COVID-19 epicenter People wait to fill empty oxygen canisters on […]

It’s two weeks since Japan gave oxygen concentrators to UNOPS in Myanmar. Where are the concentrators? In junta facilities? Any in civil society run facilities? Can journalists find them? Does it matter? “Provision of oxygen concentrators for the treatment of #COVID19 patients in Myanmar” https://www.mofa.go.jp/press/release/press3e_000214.html Jamie

Cliches. You want ’em, we got ’em: ‘perfect storm’, ‘super spreader Covid state’. A view from Australia. Jamie https://theconversation.com/how-a-perfect-storm-of-events-is-turning-myanmar-into-a-super-spreader-covid-state-165174?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton

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/