Overview

The first case of COVID 19 was detected in Myanmar on the 23rd of March 2020 in a returnee from abroad followed by a gradual rise of cases which constituted the first wave from then to May 2020. The second wave of COVID-19 cases starting in mid-August, with the first case identified in Sittwe which spread to most states/regions identifying positive cases by late August/early September 2020 till the end of December 2020. The third wave began in Tonzan Township in Chin State from returnees across the border of Myanmar and India. It was tested to be caused by the delta variant which had high infection rate and severe symptoms starting from June 2021, peaked in July and waned in August 2021. It spread to all parts of the nation which put much stress on the health system.