More people are kept in quarantine in Ayeyawady, Bago, Mandalay and Magway regions and there are more than 63,000 are kept in quarantine at over 6,300 quarantine centers across the country, according to the Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS).
There are over 9,200 people in over 260 quarantine centers in Yangon Region, over 8,600 people in over 1200 quarantine centers in Bago Region, over 14,000 people in over 1500 quarantine centers in Ayeyawady Region, over 3,300 people in over 470 quarantine centers in Magway Region, over 4,800 people in over 860 quarantine centers in Sagaing Region, over 4,800 people in over 250 quarantine centers in Mandalay Region, over 1,700 people in over 150 quarantine centers in Taninthayi Region, over 2,100 people in over 200 quarantine centers in Kachin State, over 2,400 people in over 300 quarantine centers in Kayin State, over 2,500 people in over 320 quarantine centers in Rakhine State, over 2,500 people in over 110 quarantine centers in Shan (south) State, over 2,600 people in over 40 quarantine centers in Mon State, over 1,300 people in over 440 quarantine centers in Shan (north) State, over 1,300 people in over eight quarantine centers in Nay Pyi Taw, over 490 people in over 20 quarantine centers in Shan (east) State and over 590 people in over 20 quarantine centers in Chin State.
More positive patients are found in Yangon, Mandalay and Ayeyawady regions and in the long term, the government will be struggling with expenses cost in quarantine centers, said Dr Than Tun Aung, Head of Public Health and Treatment Department for Ayeyawady Region.
“Regional governments from Yangon, Mandalay and Ayeyawady cost many expenses as there are many positive patients in the regions. The governments have to pay for food and drinking water and other expenses for healthcare staff and volunteers. Donors and regional COVID committees provided cash and other necessary things for people who are poor. It will create a little problem in the long term. People don’t want to use personal used items, blankets and mosquito nets, used by people quarantined before them,” said Dr Than Tun Aung.
The ministry is emphasizing to make schemes at markets, highway stations and crowded areas for people to wear masks, to distribute masks and face shields to people came to outpatient departments in hospitals, to give masks to people who don’t wear them by cooperation with related departments and traffic police force, to provide educational talks using hand speakers and to have more rapid antigen diagnosis test kits.
