WIPE OUT TERRORISM FOR ENSURING THE LIFE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE PAGE-8 (OPINION) Vol. VIII, No. 104, 9th Waning of Waso 1383 ME www.gnlm.com.mm Sunday, 1 August 2021 Five-Point Road Map of the State Administration Council 1. The Union Election Commission will be reconstituted and its mandated tasks, including the scrutiny of voter lists, shall be implemented in accordance with the law. 2. Effective measures will be taken with added momentum to prevent and manage the COVID-19 pandemic. 3. Actions will be taken to ensure the speedy recovery of businesses from the impact of COVID-19. 4. Emphasis will be placed on achieving enduring peace for the entire nation in line with the agreements set out in the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement. 5. Upon accomplishing the provisions of the state of emergency, free and fair multiparty democratic elections will be held in line with the 2008 Constitution, and further work will be undertaken to hand over State duties to the winning party in accordance with democratic standards. Volunteers invited to join Covid-19 Republic of the Union of Myanmar disease prevention, control activities Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Statement on Ceasefire and Perpetual Peace 8th Waning of Waso 1383 ME 31 July 2021 1. The Tatmadaw after forming the State Administration Council has adopted the Five-Point Road Map and Nine Objectives for multiple developments such as political, economic and social affairs of the State with might and main. Moreover, as the accomplishment of the perpetual peace for the State is a must, the Tatmadaw suspends mil- itary operations in order to implement the peace process together with ethnic armed organizations. 2. Efforts are being made for enabling ethnic armed organizations to continue dialogues for successfully restoring the enduring peace and to smoothly undertake the peace process while timely preventing Inoculation programmes are stepped up in Mandalay. and controlling the infection of COVID-19 as the number of infected DUE to the increasing agement teams, officials Volunteers will be given people rises due to the spreading of the variant COVID-19 pandemic number of Covid-19 virus continued. the necessary medical in Myanmar at present. The State Administration Council is striving cases in the Mandalay “Charity is a priority check-ups before and af- for cooperation with international organizations and local social or- Region, Covid-19 disease for the common good. It ter taking duties,” said U ganizations in addition to the United Nations for prevention, control treatment centres and is more important at this Tin Win Shwe, chairman and treatment of the disease. To be able to successfully implement clinics have been set up time. The virus is threat- of the Mandalay District these work processes, the Tatmadaw further suspended its military in Mandalay District for ening peoples’ lives. Some Administration. operations from 1 August to 30 September, except for encroaching and prevention and treatment people want to work for In areas where mobil- attacks on the security and administrative machinery of the government of the pandemic, an official the common good, regard- ity is restricted, all philan- in addition to defence and administration measures across the nation. said. less of the risk of infection thropists, individually or 3. It was hereby announced that during the period when the Tatmadaw Volunteers who wish at any time. as a group, are warmly to assist in the quarantine If you want to partic- welcomed to work togeth- further suspended its military operations, all relevant organizations centres can contact the ipate voluntarily, you can er to prevent the Covid-19 should strive for restoring perpetual peace through negotiations. District General Admin- do it at any age. The clin- disease, officials said. Office of the Commander-in-Chief istration Department and ic and quarantine centres of Defence Services relevant township man- will be set up as needed. SEE PAGE-2 INSIDE TODAY NATIONAL NATIONAL NATIONAL NATIONAL LOCAL BUSINESS Vaccinations to be Nearly 40,000 more Detained Import processes Myanmar govt conducted in eight Covid-19 vaccines Myanmar citizens of anti-COVID-19 extends entry townships in Nay administered across in Thailand equipment run restrictions for all Pyi Taw country repatriated as usual travellers until 31 Aug PAGE-2 PAGE-2 PAGE-3 PAGE-4 PAGE-6 1 AUGUST 2021 2 NATIONAL THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Vaccinations to be THE speech on the six-month term of office given by State Administration Council Chairman conducted in eight Senior General Min Aung Hlaing will be broadcast live on MRTV, MITV, MRTV NRC, MWD HD, MWD Variety, MWD Documentary, Channel 7, Skynet Up to Date, One News, Channel townships in Nay Pyi Taw 9, MNTV, radios and FM channels at 9 am on 1 August 2021. Nearly 40,000 more Covid-19 vaccines administered across country ACCORDING to the Ministry Kaung, Deputy Director-Gen- ple have been vaccinated, and of Health and Sports, nearly eral of the Ministry of Health donations have been made to 40,000 more Covid-19 vaccines and Sports. ensure that the entire popula- have been administered from To reduce the incidence tion is fully vaccinated, officials 26 to 30 July. and mortality of the Covid-19 added. “According to yesterday’s disease, vaccination efforts are The government of the figures, there are more than being carried out across My- People’s Republic of China do- 20,000 people over the age of anmar to reduce the spread nated two million Sinopharm 65 have been inoculated. Other of the Covid-19 virus and the vaccines recently. Inoculation programmes are in progress in Nay Pyi Taw. groups include over 2,000 volun- economic impact due to the Myanmar has purchased teers, over 4,000 civil servants pandemic affect and reviving two million Sinovac vaccines VACCINATIONS will be car- The vaccination works and, more than 3,000 prisoners the country’s economy, officials and one million vaccines have ried out in eight townships in will be launched separately who have also received vaccine said. already arrived. Nay Pyi Taw, the Union Ter- at BEHS No (1) in Tatkon jabs as of yesterday. Covid-19 vaccination start- Thus, a total of three mil- ritory, from 1 to 6 August to Township, BEHS (Pyae San Nearly 40,000 people have ed in Myanmar on 27 January lion vaccines will be given to control the Covid-19 disease. Aung) in Zeyathiri Town- been injected with the Covid-19 2021. three million people, officials The vaccinations will be ship, Pobbathiri BEHS (20) vaccines,” said Dr Kyaw Kan More than 1.7 million peo- continued. —Htet Lyan/ GNLM given twice a day: once from in Pobbathiri Township, 9 am to 12 noon and another BEHS (Minkon) in Ottarathiri time from 1 pm to 5 pm. Township, Pyinmana BEHS Senior citizens, service personnel and prison People aged sixty and (3) in Pyinmana Township, above, unvaccinated health- Lewei BEHS (1) in Lewei inmates receive COVID-19 vaccines across country care workers and volunteers Township, Zabuthiri BEHS who are giving services at the (7) in Zabuthiri Township, THE COVID-19 vaccination in southern Shan State; 1,757 The vaccination was un- forefront to control and com- and Dekkhina BEHS (18) in has been administered to civ- people in eastern Shan State; dertaken by the Tatmadaw bat the Covid-19 pandemic, Dekkhina Township. il service personnel, prison 8,200 people in Mon State and medical teams, in collabora- elderly people in old people’s The name of the vac- inmates and people over the Kayin State; 1,396 people in tion with doctors and medi- homes, religious persons, in- cine to be injected is Sino- age of 65, including monks and Taninthayi Region; 500 people cal workers from the public cluding monks and nuns, and pharm, and the first batch nuns, in regions and states. in Yangon Region; 6,637 people hospitals and volunteers, and civil servants, who have not of the 38,000 vaccines will be As of yesterday from 30 in Ayeyawady Region; 7,371 officials encouraged and co- been vaccinated, are included distributed to all townships, July, a total of 219 senior citi- people in Mandalay Region; ordinated with them where in the six priority groups to according to the Nay Pyi Taw zens in northern Shan State; 8,650 people in Bago Region necessary. — MNA get vaccinated. Council. — MNA 3,266 people including monks were vaccinated. Volunteers invited to join Covid-19 disease prevention, control activities FROM PAGE-1 “Volunteers have been re- cruited to help out voluntarily. The relevant authorities and experts will also teach them what they need to know about the disease and what to do next. I urge all those who wish to actively and wholeheartedly co- operate in the prevention and treatment of Covid-19 disease, which poses a threat to the health and life of the people,” U Tin Win Shwe added. In Mandalay Region, pre- vention and treatment of Cov- id-19 disease is being intensi- are being set up, officials said. been given to volunteers from and people aged 65 and over District starting from 25 July. — fied, and quarantine centres The Covid-19 vaccines have respective Covid-19 centres in seven townships of Mandalay Maung Aye Chan/GNLM 4,725 new cases of COVID-19 reported on 31 July, total figure rises to 299,185 MYANMAR’S COVID-19 positive cases rose to 299,185 after 4,725 new cases were reported on 31 July 2021 according to the Ministry of Health and Sports. Among these confirmed cases, 209,512 have been discharged from hospitals. Death toll reached 9,334 after 392 died.