Of the COVID-19 patients, 78% are from Yangon Region. and of those dead, 93% are from Yangon Region. Townshipwise, Insein, North Okkalapa, Thingangyun, Hlaingthayar, and Mingaladon townships with most number of infected patients, said Dr Htun Myint, Regional Public Health Director and President (2) of Yangon Region COVID-19 Prevention and Treatment Co-ordinating group.
Till 7 Oct. the number of persons infected in Myanmar is over 21000. Of these over 15000 are from Yangon, that is 78% of the nation is from Yangon. Of the 500 plus deaths in the country, as over 400 are from Yangon, the total percentage is 93%, as mentioned by Dr. Htun Myint.
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Myanmar till 7 Oct. the breakdown of virus infected patients in Yangon Region is as follows: 1016 in Insein township, 971 in North Okkalapa township, 920 in Thingangyun township, 896 in Hlaingthayar township, and 831 in Mingaladon township, showing the most number of cases, as declared by the Ministry of Health and Sports.
Prof. Dr. Ye Mya, Haematologist,said that now in Yangon there are a lot of people with no symptoms and those infected without any contact. Sometimes there are cases where one doesn't know one is infected, and one gets all right. These patients are actually infected, and about 40 % of them are not aware of being infected. From them others get infected as well. These people get well after a fortnight. Within this time others can get infected. So we have to take preventive measures all the time. The people we mix with may look all right, but there could be a few with infection. In our environment people with no symptoms could go around with viruses in them. That is why we can't trust anybody. That is the reason for wearing a mask when going out, and it washes our hands after touching anything on coming into contact with anything.
He continued saying that even among those that show no symptoms, about 20% can suffer severely from the disease. It would be necessary to go to hospitals and clinics should there be such conditions.
