COVID-19 Cases in Ayeyarwady Spike After Myanmar’s Election
Social organizations taking COVID-19 patients to hospital in Pathein. / The Irrawaddy
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By Salai Thant Zin 10 December 2020
Pathein, Ayeyarwady Region In the month after the November 8 general election, the number of COVID-19 cases has doubled and death rates surged by six times in Ayeyarwady Region.
The number of COVID-19 cases increased from 1,430 on Nov. 8 to 3,313 on Dec. 8, an increase by nearly 1,900. While there were only three COVID-19 deaths by Nov. 8 in the region, 18 more people died from COVID-19 in a month, according to the Ayeyarwady Region Public Health Department.
“When the second wave of COVID-19 broke out in September in Ayeyarwady, most of the cases were reported in townships bordering Yangon Region. But later the virus spread to other townships. The hikes are mainly attributable to gatherings and failures to comply with COVID-19 regulations imposed by the Ministry of Health and Sports,”