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Myanmar to manufacture Sputnik V
According to The Irrawaddy on 10 July 2021, the state-owned Myanmar Pharmaceutical Industry will manufacture Sputnik V the Russian SARS-CoV-2 (covi, novel coronavirus, CCP virus) vaccine for Myanmar and the Southeast Asia market. Russia has promised to provide technical help on covi vaccine production.
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Myanmar will import 7 million of vaccine doses from CCP and Russia
According to the Myanmar Junta ruler Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar has purchased 5 million does of Sinovac CoronaVac and Russia is preparing to deliver the first batch of 2 million doses of Sputnik V to Myanmar. However, Russia claims that delivery of Sputnik V to Myanmar started in January 2021.
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Myanmar Junta withholds import of Sputnik V from Burmese citizens
Myanmar's covid epidemic has entered the third wave. Due to the coup and resistance from the medical frontline workers, Min Aung Hlaing has withheld import of Sputnik V from Russia although the first batch of Sputnik V delivery to Myanmar was done in January 2021.
According to the TASS Russian News Agency's report on 6 February, a Russian military-diplomatic source told reporters in Moscow that "the decision to register the Russian vaccine under the emergency use authorization procedure was made by Acting President Senior General Min Aung Hlaing." According to the source, the first batch of the vaccine was delivered to Myanmar from Russia in January for registration procedures.
Min Aung Hlaing's failure to stop the coup and release Aung San Suu Kyi and other NLD leaders has aggravated the situation of the covid epidemic in Myanmar. He must be responsible for igniting the covid third wave in this country.
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Myanmar registers Sputnik V in February 2021
According to the TASS Russian News Agency on 6 February 2021, Myanmar is the first Southeast Asian country to register the commercial use of Sputnik V.
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Timeline of Myanmar's COVID-19
Myanmar confirmed the first two confirmed covid cases on 23 March 2020 and the first death was registered on 31 March 2020. A second wave followed in August 2020. In both outbreaks, public participation was huge, with healthcare professionals and volunteers at the forefront of measures to prevent and contain the disease.
After Myanmar experienced a second wave of COVID-19 in August 2020, the National League for Democracy government began to implement a nationwide vaccination program on 27 January 2021, days before the military coup on 1 February 2021. Health-care staff and volunteer medical workers were the first to receive shots of the AstraZeneca vaccine donated by India.
In defiance of military rule, thousands of healthcare professionals are taking part in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) and refusing to work for the military regime.
SARS-CoV-2 testing declined from between about 16,000 and 18,000 swab tests a day in January under the ousted NLD civilian government to fewer than 2,000 per day between February and early June. Swab testing increased again in late June, with over 8,000 tests conducted.
Sources : The Irrawaddy, TASS Russian News Agency
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