This is Omicron. More cases will lead to more hospitalisations and deaths. Though fewer vaccinated people will die than vaccinated ones. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ COVID-19 Cases Spike Again in Myanmar The Irrawaddy 16 February 2022 Myanmar faces a sharp spike of reported COVID-19 cases and 2,467 confirmed cases were recorded by Tuesday night by the junta-controlled […]

Testing figures from patients in YGH are not given. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Major Myanmar Hospital Closes Outpatient Departments as Doctors Hit by COVID-19 Nobel Zaw The Irrawaddy 15 February 2022 Outpatient departments in Yangon General Hospital (YGH), one of Myanmar’s biggest public hospitals, have been shut down for ten days because of staff shortages as the […]

The military junta administration cannot control the Covid19 epidemic in Myanmar. Vaccination is spotty. There is little testing. There is no isolation and quarantine. Care is dismal. People are left on their own. Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Surge in daily COVID-19 infections caps record week in Myanmar Sources say a lack of resources has hampered authorities’ ability […]

ICYMI Conflict affected, parallel health systems: challenges to collaboration between ethnic and government health systems in Kayin State, Myanmar https://conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13031-021-00396-z Jamie

Time to re-up this podcast with Dr Troy. https://insightmyanmar.org/complete-shows/2021/10/11/episode-74-courage-under-fire Jamie

I count three anonymous sources in this article. I have no problem with anonymity. I need to use it myself when I speak on background to journalists. But how can we know if they are experts? There is little information about their experience provided. One ‘public health expert’ stated “lockdowns, in particular, “do more harm […]

Does anyone have any updates on the prison strike in Insein? Myanmar Political Inmates Stage Hunger Strike Against Junta Jamie

Some are calling out UNODC Myanmar on this vital health issue. It is about time. https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/un-contributing-to-myanmars-drug-problem.html Jamie

The Telegraph has interviewed two doctors working in the UK on health care in Myanmar. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/secret-health-service-myanmars-military-junta-drives-medics/ Jamie

Yesterday I wrote: This is one of the best reports on the crimes against humanity and attacks on health care workers by the murderous Myanmar junta. It is difficult and necessary reading. https://phr.org/our-work/resources/one-year-anniversary-of-the-myanmar-coup-detat/?CID=7015G000000NpLAQA0&ms=FY22_BURMA_Social-Post_Twitter_Advoca&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&utm_content=Social-Post&utm_term=Advocacy&utm_campaign=FY22_BURMA I received this comment. “Thanks for sharing this very good report. The title should have been “Our Health Workers Are Working Under […]

This is one of the best reports on the crimes against humanity and attacks on health care workers by the murderous Myanmar junta. It is difficult and necessary reading. Jamie https://phr.org/our-work/resources/one-year-anniversary-of-the-myanmar-coup-detat/?CID=7015G000000NpLAQA0&ms=FY22_BURMA_Social-Post_Twitter_Advoca&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&utm_content=Social-Post&utm_term=Advocacy&utm_campaign=FY22_BURMA

The Telegraph talked with two Myanmar medics in exile. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/secret-health-service-myanmars-military-junta-drives-medics/ Jamie