15 January 2021 News Briefing

January 15, 2021

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As of 8 PM, 14 Jan, a total of 18,820 samples were tested and found 605 new cases and 10 deaths. MoHS has reported 132,865 confirmed cases including 116,100 discharged, and 2,912 deaths.
Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) holds a meeting with National League for Democracy (NLD) in Taunggyi this morning for the national reconstruction and betterment of union, according to SNLD.
The Shanni Nationalities Army (SNA) arrested a ward/village chairman of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Homalin township, Sagaing region on Jan 13, said the detainee’s family.
People in Pyapon district donated more than 1600 lakh kyats to the government for the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines on the morning of Jan 14 at the Pyapon district general administration office.
EARTHDAY.ORG, a global organizer of Earth Day and an international environmental NGO announced Ah Moon, a Kachin female singer, as Earth Day Ambassador in Myanmar, according to the statement of EARTHDAY.ORG.
U Khin Maung Myint, an NLD MP from Hpakant township, has been charged under section 500 for defamation of military chiefs, said Lawyer U Than Tun.

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