The UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews said that Myanmar may become the next "super spreader" of the new crown virus. Andrews also urged the UN Security Council to call on all parties in Myanmar for a ceasefire as soon as possible.
At the same time, the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar recently issued an important notice in response to the increasing number of new confirmed cases in Myanmar. In order to effectively serve the overall situation of domestic epidemic prevention and import, and to improve the sense of responsibility of enterprises, in accordance with domestic requirements and the practices of embassies and consulates in neighboring countries, embassies will implement circuit breaker management for employees of enterprises in Myanmar.
According to the British "Guardian" reported on July 28, Myanmar is facing a severe new crown epidemic. Since the sudden change in the political situation in February, Myanmar has been in deep political and economic crisis, which has added fuel to the epidemic. Myanmar's vaccination program is difficult to advance, virus testing has almost collapsed, and public hospitals are hardly operating.
Andrews said: "Myanmar is becoming a'super spreader' of the new crown virus. Variant new crown viruses such as the delta strain are very dangerous, extremely deadly and extremely contagious. For various reasons, this is very, very, very contagious. very dangerous."
"The (spread) of the new crown virus does not take into account ethnic groups, borders, ideologies, and political parties. This is a fact. It is a killer that threatens everyone equally. If Myanmar becomes a super spreading country, the surrounding areas will be extremely vulnerable. It will cause disasters on a larger scale."
Since the military detained high-level NLD civilian government officials and established a new government in February, protests against the military have continued. Many medical staff participated in these protests and refused to work in military-controlled hospitals and chose to provide treatment to people infected with the new crown virus in private. These medical staff are threatened by military violence or arrest.
According to statistics from the Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports, 4629 people in Myanmar died after being infected with the new crown virus on June 1. Many media reports pointed out that this statistic should be far lower than the actual situation.
Andrews hopes that governments around the world, including Myanmar’s neighbors, will take swift action to help Myanmar fight the epidemic. If the outbreak in Myanmar is difficult to control, it is likely to affect other countries from the border.
Important notice from the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar
On July 26, the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar issued a notice on further strengthening remote prevention and control measures.
Currently, there is a new wave of new crown epidemic in Myanmar, the number of newly diagnosed cases remains high, the number of imported cases from Myanmar continues to increase, and many flights to China have been cut off. In order to effectively serve the overall situation of domestic epidemic prevention and import, and to improve the sense of responsibility of enterprises, in accordance with domestic requirements and the practices of embassies and consulates in neighboring countries, embassies will implement circuit breaker management for employees of enterprises in Myanmar.
The specific requirements are as follows: Starting from July 26, for the same company and the same flight, if 4 or more nucleic acid-positive cases are detected before returning to the country, or 2 or more confirmed patients after returning to the country, the company personnel will be fused for one month after returning to the country. That is, no green code will be issued.
The Embassy in Myanmar once again reminded all Chinese citizens in Myanmar to adhere to normalized epidemic prevention measures and not to relax, to take personal protection, maintain a safe social distance, adhere to "non-essential, no travel", and consciously cherish and maintain the hard-won domestic epidemic prevention results . If travel is really necessary, pre-departure inspection and closed-loop management should be done in accordance with relevant requirements.
The outbreak in Myanmar continues to worsen
A large number of remains lined up for cremation in the capital
Recently, the Myanmar health department is controlling the epidemic by increasing the supply of medicines and oxygen and expanding vaccinations. However, the continuous rainfall in the past few days has caused many epidemic prevention and isolation treatment centers to be besieged by floods. A large number of patients were forced to move, which greatly affected the epidemic prevention work. At the same time, due to the severity of the epidemic, a large number of patients died.
According to Myanmar media reports, on July 1, the average number of people cremated by funeral and interment institutions in Yangon was more than 100. Beginning on July 11, the average daily cremation number reached about 500 people. As a result, a large number of remains could only be queued for cremation, and the staff faced unprecedented pressure. Since mid-July, the number of confirmed deaths in Yangon has been on the rise. In order to relieve the pressure on funeral and interment institutions, municipal departments and public welfare organizations have transported the remains of the deceased three times a day.
The Zhengzhou case is highly homologous to the imported case from Myanmar
Recently, the Zhengzhou epidemic prevention and control press conference announced: After genetic sequencing, the first two infected people and the confirmed patients who entered Myanmar and were treated in the city's sixth hospital have highly homologous strains, and they are all delta mutant strains. In the future, case specimens of all infected persons will be sent to the Provincial Disease Control and Prevention Department for genetic sequencing. This round of the epidemic showed a spot-like sporadic feature. Most of the 63 infected persons in Zhengzhou were related to the Sixth Hospital of the City. Although some individuals did not have obvious intersection with the Sixth Hospital of the City, their place of residence was near the Sixth Hospital of the City or had recently been in the area. Activity.
