‘Public Holidays’ extended by an an additional week to curb spread of Covid-19

‘Public Holidays’ extended by an an additional week to curb spread of Covid-19
Published 24 July 2021

The State Administration Council extended public holiday order to August 1st to effectively prevent the spread of COVID-19 among public dated July 23.

The State Administration Council issued an order (No.211/2021) on the night of July 14 declaring a period from July 17 to 25 as a long public holiday.  It was now extended to July 26 to August 1 (except from Central Bank of Myanmar and government banks under its operation, and private banks). The order says such public holidays were announced to effectively prevent the spread of Covid-19. 

The order, however, stresses the need to abide by the rules such as people to stay at home or dormitories and not travel at all except for duty and funeral services; only shops selling basic essential things like fuel, drinking water, meat, fish and foodstuffs to open; shops selling medicines and medical supplies to open; restaurants to adopt a take-away system; healthcare services (government hospitals/private hospitals and clinics) to remain operative; to wear protective gears including masks if you go outside; people to follow the COVID-19 health rules of the Ministry of Health and Sports and Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment for COVID-19 without fail.

Action will be taken against those who fail to follow the rules in accord with the existing laws, the order says.