According to the COVID-19 Economic Relief Plan, the Department of Social Welfare provided cash assistance to persons with disabilities in Kyaikto Township, Mon State via respective Ward and Village Administrators starting from 6 October.

With the aim of narrowing the gap between urban and rural areas and upgrading the development of rural areas, the Department of Rural Development is undertaking developmental works across the nation.

The Ayeyarwaddy Foundation has prepared the Myanmar Football Academy in Mandalay to be used as a quarantine centre for the COVID-19 patients.

Three Cherry ferries are running daily for the people from Dala and its surrounding townships to reach the commercial hub of Yangon City. With the declining number of passengers during COVID-19 outbreak, the ferry vessels are operating with only a few passengers.

Representatives from the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), World Health Organization (WHO) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited the Ayeyarwady Foundation’s Covid Centre (Ayeyarwady Centre) located at Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, yesterday to observe the soon to be opened ICU-HDU facilities construction and installation.