YANGON, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's national-level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment for COVID-19 on Saturday extended the period of preventive measures to Dec. 15.
The extension will be applied to all orders, announcements, directives issued by respective union level government organizations and ministries which will expire on Monday, as part of the preventive measures to curb the spread of the disease.
According to a release from the Health and Sports Ministry on Saturday, Myanmar reported 1,344 new COVID-19 infections with 22 more deaths in the past 24 hours.
As of Saturday, the number of COVID-19 cases has increased to 87,977 while its death toll has registered at 1,887, the ministry's figures said.
A total of 67,588 recovered patients have been discharged from hospitals so far.
The virus was first detected in Myanmar on March 23 this year and over 1.13 million samples have been tested for the disease.
Meanwhile, the Road Transport Administration Department under the Ministry of Transport and Communications issued an announcement on Saturday to resume new vehicle registrations starting Dec. 1 at its branches in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon and Mandalay.
According to the announcement, the registration operations for new vehicles will be carried out with daily limited numbers of vehicles in order to avoid mass gatherings.
The Road Transport Administration Department suspended all operations in early September due to rocketing numbers of daily COVID-19 infections across the country. Enditem
