YANGON, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar has accelerated its control and prevention measures for COVID-19 as transmission increases in the country, according to media reports.
The measures included boosting vaccinations, encouraging and sharing knowledge of wearing a face mask, providing hand basins in the markets, spraying disinfectant, and continuously publishing related information, announcements, notices, prevention guidance and strategies through media.
Moreover, ensuring that COVID-19 vaccines are stored at standard refrigerated conditions, and carrying out testing to the people who return from abroad and foreign tourists at the airport are also included.
Recently, the country has been faced with an increase in daily cases whereas the majority of the cases are domestically transmitted. The daily positivity rate is 2.43 percent.
On Saturday, the country reported 262 new cases of COVID-19 but no more related deaths.
The Southeast Asian country detected its first COVID-19 cases in March 2020.
