According to the epidemic information released by the Ministry of Health of Myanmar at 8:00 p.m. on November 18, from 8:00 p.m. on November 17 to 8:00 p.m. on November 18, 19,985 people were tested nationwide and found that 587 new covid-19 patients, with a confirmed rate of 2.94%, have reached 516146 cumulatively; 1,108 new people have been discharged, with a cumulative discharge of 488253; 14 new deaths, and the cumulative number of deaths has reached 18,989.
The epidemic in the small town of northern Myanmar has spread seriously, and public welfare organizations work day and night, but villagers gather to hold competitions
Kachin State news, the number of confirmed COVID-19 patients in the villages under the jurisdiction of the grape town continues to increase, and the epidemic protection supplies and medicines are urgently needed.
The head of Hope Community Healthcare, a non-profit organization in grape town, said that in recent weeks, the epidemic has continued to spread in the village. The people's awareness of epidemic prevention here is relatively weak, the knowledge popularization of epidemic prevention regulations is not in place, the people are not wearing masks, and no one has done the knowledge popularization work. In 10 villages and 14 townships under the jurisdiction of Grape Town, the epidemic has spread seriously, among them, the Gaogetao neighborhood, the neighborhood, Awandan Village and Kalan Village are severely affected, and the epidemic protection equipment is urgently needed.
A member of the grape town Mida public welfare organization said that the economic development of Karan Village at the foot of the snow mountain in grape town is relatively slow, and recently the members of the public welfare organization and the medical staff of the hospital are trying their best to test, and confirmed patients have been found one after another, and the epidemic has spread more seriously.
A person in charge of a public welfare organization that carries out public welfare undertakings in Grape Town said that the diagnosis rate in Grape Town is rising, the young people of the public welfare organization are working day and night, and the village is holding football matches, which has led to the rapid spread of the local epidemic. Non-compliance with epidemic prevention regulations is the reason for the serious spread of the epidemic here. At present, there is not enough testing equipment in grape town, and there are not enough volunteers to help carry out the testing work.
In addition, in the town of Macangbao near the grape town, the number of confirmed covid-19 patients is increasing, and 17 confirmed patients were detected in one day on November 15.
According to the data released by the Grape Town People's Hospital, as of now, the third wave of the epidemic has found 793 confirmed cases in grape town, and 176 people are receiving isolation treatment in the hospital, and 14 people have unfortunately died. But local non-profit organizations said that the actual confirmed infection data in Grape Town was much more than the hospital released. In addition, the proportion of the population in the grape towns that have been vaccinated against COVID-19 is only 10%.