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"UNION MINISTER for Social
Welfare, Relief and Resettlement
Dr Win Myat Aye discussed implementation
of the COVID-19
prevention plans at the camps
for internally displaced persons
and the conflict shelters in Rakhine
State and other areas.
The meeting on video con-ferencing yesterday was taken
part by Rakhine State Chief Minister
U Nyi Pu, Deputy Minister
U Soe Aung and officials from local
government and the ministry.
Union Minister Dr Win
Myat Aye discussed the preventive
and response plan is being
implemented since 28 March,
and it has covered all the IDP
camps and conflict shelters in
Kachin, Shan, Rakhine, Kayin
and Chin states, and he called
for preparing project reports on
this programme.
He added his office has allowed
addition aid to the existing
social welfare fund for the
elderly persons, the pregnant
woman and their infants up to
two years, while plans are underway
to provide the cash for
nutrition for the senior citizens
between aged 60 and 85 during
the COVID-19 crisis..."
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of Publication:
2020-04-20
Date of entry:
2020-04-22
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- Individual Documents
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Countries:
Myanmar
Administrative areas of Burma/Myanmar:
Rakhine State
Language:
English
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