Current Situations and

Laboratory Testing Related

COVID-19 in Myanmar

NANG SHWE YIN

Foreign Relation
Myanmar Medical Technologists Association
(MMTA)

Education Background Professional Experiences

§ B.Sc.Zoology § 1987 – 2000 : Med Tech in Myanmar
§ Diploma in Para Medical Science § 2001 – 2007 : Med Tech in Singapore General
(Yangon) Hospital
§ Specialist Diploma in § 2008 – 2011 : Med Tech in National Healthcare
Microbiology (Singapore) Group Diagnostics Singapore
§ 2012 – present : Business Director in Myanmar
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MMTA

• Techniques

• Number of Hospitals tested for SARS CoV-2

• Findings in Myanmar

• MMTA involvement

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7 States and 7 Divisions

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PCR Labs

PCR Tests : Follow the WHO Guideline and MOH

PCR Lab
1. National Health Laboratory, Yangon

2. Medical Research, Yangon

3. 1000 bedded No.2 Military Hospital , Naypyitaw

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5/5/2020
COVID-19 Cases in Myanmar

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 Total Laboratory confirmed cases
by date (as of 4.5.2020, 7:00 PM)
No. of cases

Date of laboratory confirmed

Total cumulative
Imported
Local transmission

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 Country Total Positive Death Recovered
(Myanmar)
3.4.2020 1,184 20, 1.7% 1
8.5.2020 10,266 176,1.8% 6 49

3.5.2020
No. of Total Total
Cluster Type cluster infected Quarantine effected
people person

Religious 1 67 Suspected and 3299

event cluster Person Under
Investigation (PUI)
Family cluster 8 37 Hospital Quarantine 118

Work place 3 24 Facility Quarantine 44060

cluster
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MMTA Involvement

• Seminar and talks

• Donation to Lab ,Lab technicians and Hospitals

• Stay contact with our members and listen to their

needs and support them

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Donation by MMTA for COVID-19

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Donation by MMTA for COVID-19

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Epidemiology of COVID-19 & Our Duties
Nang Shwe Yin
Foreign Relation (MMTA)
28/02/2020
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Coronavirus:
Single stranded Positive RNA

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History of Coronavirus
Ø Large Family of Viruses, Founded in Animals
Ø Zoonotic: Transmission from animals to Human
Ø Discovered in 1960. Chicken –Infectious Bronchitis
Ø 7 Types of CoV_
Ø SARS-CoV Severe Acquired Respiratory Syndrome
Ø MERS-CoV Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
Ø OC43-CoV
Ø NL63-CoV
Ø 229E-CoV
Ø HKU1-CoV
Ø 2019 Novel CoV- SARS-CoV-2 (Virus name)  COVID-19
( WHO named it as Coronavirus Disease 2019)

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Key Factors of Outbreak

• Direct transmission : Inhalation of air close to a patient

• Contact transmission: A person touches contaminated
objects then via membranes of mouth, nose and eyes
• Aerosol transmission: Droplets – short distance
Aerosol – Long distance
• Infection is occurred before symptoms appear
• Airport Screening will be less useful
• WHO : Reproduction Number, RO is 1.4-2.5
• Incubation: 2-14 Days or longer? >20

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 Stay Safe, Stay Healthy.
Keep on learning and sharing.

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