Impact of containment measures on community mobility, daily confirmed cases, and mortality in the third wave of COVID-19 epidemic in Myanmar

Ye Minn Htun; Tun Tun Win; Nyan Htet Shan; Zin Thu Winn; Kaung Si Thu; Nyan Lin Maung; Pyae Phyo Aung; Htun Aung Kyaw; Hpone Pji Kyaw; Yan Naing Myint Soe; Myint Myat Ko; Zin Ko Aung; Kyaw Thiha Aung; Yan Paing Chit Lwin; Wai Yan; Phyo Tayza Soe; Kyaw Myo Tun

doi:10.1186/s41182-022-00413-8

Impact of containment measures on community mobility, daily confirmed cases, and mortality in the third wave of COVID-19 epidemic in Myanmar

Trop Med Health. 2022 Mar 11;50(1):23. doi: 10.1186/s41182-022-00413-8.

Authors

Ye Minn Htun¹, Tun Tun Win², Nyan Htet Shan³, Zin Thu Winn⁴, Kaung Si Thu⁴, Nyan Lin Maung⁵, Pyae Phyo Aung², Htun Aung Kyaw², Hpone Pji Kyaw², Yan Naing Myint Soe⁴, Myint Myat Ko², Zin Ko Aung², Kyaw Thiha Aung², Yan Paing Chit Lwin², Wai Yan², Phyo Tayza Soe², Kyaw Myo Tun²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Prevention and Research Development of Hepatitis, AIDS and Other Viral Diseases, Health and Disease Control Unit, Nay Pyi Taw, 15011, Myanmar. dryeminnhtun85@gmail.com.
² Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Defence Services Medical Academy, Mingaladon, Yangon, Myanmar.
³ Outpatient Department, No. 1 Military Hospital (500 bedded), Meiktila, Mandalay, Myanmar.
⁴ Department of Prevention and Research Development of Hepatitis, AIDS and Other Viral Diseases, Health and Disease Control Unit, Nay Pyi Taw, 15011, Myanmar.
⁵ Department of Research and Development, Defence Services Medical School, Hmawbi, Yangon, Myanmar.

Abstract

In Myanmar, third wave of COVID-19 epidemic began with a surge of confirmed cases in the last week of May 2021. The laboratory-confirmed cases and deaths distinctly increased within 9 weeks. The government and the Ministry of Health adopted containment measures to flatten the peak of the epidemic and to suppress the disease transmission. The strictly containment measures: stay-at-home restrictions, school closure, and office closure have reduced the community mobility, confirmed cases and mortality. Therefore, the timely containment measures implemented by the government were important to reduce the transmission as observed in the third wave of COVID-19 epidemic in Myanmar.

Keywords: COVID-19; Confirmed cases; Containment measures; Deaths; Mobility; Myanmar.

Publication types

Letter