Coronavirus Prevention: Ministry Of Health And Sports Holds Coordination Meeting

Ministry of Health and Sports held its 31/2020 coordination meeting on prevention of COVID-19 on Monday evening. In the meeting at the Ministry in Nay Pyi Taw, Union Minister Dr. Myint Htwe stressed responsibilities of the public in coordination with health officials for preventing the disease without getting into a panic.

He advised not to share or create fake news and rumours on social media. Elder people and patients with chronic diseases are most vulnerable to the mortality - awareness programmes are more important at the homes for the aged, youth camps and some training schools.

He added the ministry adopted future plans and emergency response programmes. The meeting discussed daily update situations and reports, spread of the disease in foreign countries, public awareness programmes, video conferencing of health officials on the disease in respective areas, control measures and accumulation of medicines.

World Health Organization has confirmed over 100,000 cases of COVID-19 in the world on the 7th of March.