YANGON– Myanmar’s Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment for COVID-19, yesterday announced further extension of the closure of schools nationwide, until the end of this month.

The move was made, in order to curb the spread of COVID-19 and to make preparations for reopening of schools, the committee said.

The Ministry of Health has been administering COVID-19 vaccine doses to middle and high school students, aged over 12 years, since Oct 12.

As part of the anti-pandemic measures, the authorities re-closed all schools across the country, since early July.

According to a health ministry release yesterday, Myanmar recorded 1,067 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 20 more deaths in the past 24 hours.

The total number of COVID-19 infections has risen to 493,576, with 18,511 deaths in the country.

Myanmar detected its first two COVID-19 cases on Mar 23, last year.

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK