Govt extends social security payments deadline to 3 months

Mar 23,2020
The Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population issued an order (No. 63/2020) dated 20 March extending the deadline for social security payments from 15 days to three months in accordance with the Article 100 of Social Security Law (2012).
Awareness campaigns for COVID-19 conducted at philanthropic centres in Nay Pyi Taw
Mar 23
Deputy Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement U Soe Aung led an awareness campaign for the COVID-19 at the two philanthropic centres under the management of a monastery and a nunnery in Pubba Thiri Township in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.
MoHS recommends self-quarantine to migrant returnees from Thailand
Mar 23
Union Minister for Health and Sports Dr Myint Htwe raised his concern about the risk of Covid-19 in the country due to the influx of Myanmar migrant workers from Thailand.
Meditation centre to be used as Covid-19 quarantine site
Mar 23
The Dhammaduta Jetavana Monastery in Hmawbi Township, Yangon, has allowed its facilities to be used as a quarantine site.
Staff housing for employees from DoH being built in Pwintbyu
Mar 22
A stake-driving ceremony for construction of a two-storey housing apartment for the employees from the Department of Health took place at the construction site in the compound of a public hospital in Pwintbyu Township, Magway Region this morning.
DRD implements rural water supply tasks in Minbu Township
Mar 22
Water supply tasks are being carried out by the Department of Rural Development in four villages in Minbu Township, Magway Region to ensure availability of drinking water in summer.
IDPs furnished with relief supplies in Sedoktaya Township
Mar 22
A ceremony to provide cash and kind to internally displaced people from Ann Township, Rakhine State was held at the hall of a basic education high school in Phaai Anaut Village in Sedoktaya Township, Magway Region on 21 March.