Khit / Myo Gyi (NP News) – May 29 

Nearly 50,000 health workers out of over 100,000 joined the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) after 2021 coup in Myanmar during high Covid pandemic, according to the statistics released by the State Administration Council (SAC). 

There were a total of 103,214 manpower in the health area under the Ministry of Health including officers, staffs and other levels. Amongst, 47,254 undertook in the CDM, as per data. 

Therefore, there were only over 50,000 working forces serving at the hospitals and clinics in Myanmar during the Covid crisis period, as per stated by the SAC. 

There were 12,504 clinics and hospitals across the country during those crisis period. Only 8,195 (65 percent) could be opened for serving the public at the time. 

Mortality figure soared very high in the third wave of Covid in Myanmar for lack of healthcare accessibility for the citizens, involving lack of medical grade oxygen supply. 

The SAC invited those who joined the CDM to return to the working environment for the sake of public health.