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Myanmar Military-allied Karen Armed Group Commander Dies of COVID-19

Myanmar Military-allied Karen Armed Group Commander Dies of COVID-19 Lieutenant Colonel Kyaw Myint. By The Irrawaddy 30 July 2021 A senior Karen State Border Guard Force (BGF) commander responsible for security at a controversial China-backed new city project near the Myanmar-Thai border has died of COVID-19.  The Karen State BGF is an armed force backed by the Myanmar military. Lieutenant Colonel Kyaw Myint, the commander of BGF station 3 in Shwe Kokko, the site of the new city project, died Thursday at his home in Thingannyinaung in Myawaddy, Karen State, BGF spokesman Major Saw Tin Win told The Irrawaddy. He was 60 and suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes. COVID-19 cases have been reported among BGF members, but the majority of people have recovered, said Maj Saw Tin Win.

Floods Add to Misery as Myanmar Struggles to Control Third Wave of COVID-19

Citizen journalist Already grappling with a deadly third wave of COVID-19 infections in a health crisis made worse by chaos from the military coup, southern Myanmar was inundated by severe flooding over the weekend that hampered the efforts of healthcare workers and aid groups. Heavy rains battered the southern states of Kayin and Mon and Tanintharyi region beginning on Sunday, impacting as many as 3,000 people. More than 100 in Kayin’s Hlaingbwe had to be evacuated, according to a relief official from the area. No deaths have been reported. In Mon state’s Ye, Kyaikmaraw and Chaungzon townships, the rising Thanlwin River limited movement and frustrated efforts to treat patients infected with COVID-19, An Nu, a resident of Mawlamyine’s Shwedaung ward, told RFA’s Myanmar Service.

Myanmar Shadow Government Forms COVID-19 Task Force

Myanmar Shadow Government Forms COVID-19 Task Force
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