RESTRICTIONS STILL IN PLACE
Cases continue to surge amidst public health crisis.
UPDATES
- Infection cases and fatalities are at a record high and the crisis is exacerbated by rising prices for pharmaceuticals and a shortage of medicines and other essentials, such as face masks and oxygen.
- The rise in prices came with the spike in demand for face masks and pharmaceutical products in the country.
- The Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations relaxed rules for importation of oxygen concentrators but supplies still remain limited.
- On 8 July 2021, Chinese authorities shut trading border in the town of Ruili due to spread of infection from Shan State and this has put bilateral business at a risk.