March 26, 2020

State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, in her capacity as the Chairperson of the National-Level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19), delivered a speech at the meeting on control measures of the disease yesterday.

The meeting held at the Presidential Palace in Nay Pyi Taw was attended by Union Ministers, chief ministers and ministers of Region/State governments and officials.

The meeting discussed three Covid-19 cases in Myanmar, treatments given to them, containment of the disease to those who had close contacts with them and the places they visited, transportation arrangements for migrant returnees from Thailand to their homes, accommodation for them before they arrive back to respective destinations, community-based facility quarantine for them and other measures against the Covid-19.

State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi gave guidance and decisions based on matters presented at the meeting.—MNA(Translated by Aung Khin)