A masked Buddhist monk at Yangon's Shwedagon pagoda. Myanmar on Nov 1 confirmed 81 new Covid-19 cases. - AFP
YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar extended its Covid-19 preventive measures until Nov 30, the Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment for Covid-19 has said in a statement.
The extension is applied to all Covid-19 restrictions that expired on Oct 31, except the ones that will be eased, the committee said.
The statement said that the extension covers all orders, announcements, directives previously issued by respective government organisations and ministries in order to contain the pandemic.
The South-East Asian country confirmed 81 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total tally to 631,797, official data showed on Tuesday.
The total number of deaths from Covid-19 reached 19,483 on Tuesday after one more death was reported.
