Time Period Covered August 24, 2020 - August 24, 2020
Worldwide, there have been over 23.5 million cases and more than 810,000
deaths.
Due to the recent increasing number of locally transmitted cases in Rakhine
state, Myanmar government sent to Sittwe township a total of 24 volunteer
health workers to help fight against the COVID-19. A total of 145,167 samples
were tested for COVID-19 as of August 24 and 7,252 patients are under
investigation.
In Singapore, employers must ensure that their workers have completed a
COVID-19 swab test in the past 14 days by September 5, as part of measures
to ensure the safe restart of work. Those who have not done so will not be able
to return to work according to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM).