YANGON, Dec 2 (Bernama): Myanmar has extended its Covid-19 preventive measures until Dec 31, according to a statement released by the Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment for Coronavirus.
The extension is applied to all COovid-19 restrictions that expire on Nov 30, except the ones that will be eased, the committee said, reported Xinhua.
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.
As of Thursday night (Dec 1), Myanmar recorded a total of 633,261 Covid-19 infections, including 19,488 deaths and 607,725 recoveries, the health ministry's data showed.
The health ministry also said in a statement that health authorities tested 8,322 people for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, and the daily positivity rate was 0.19 percent.
The death toll from Covid-19 in the South-East Asian country remained unchanged at 19,488 on Thursday night, as no new deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, the ministry said.
The total number of patients who have recovered from Covid-19 in Myanmar reached 607,777, including 17 new recoveries on Thursday.
The country detected its first Covid-19 cases in March 2020. - Bernama