International Journal of Preventive Medicine (Int J Prev Med)2008-78021172020090920087802ENPrivate Academic ConsultantFreelance Academic WorkHonoraary Professor, Dr. DY Patil University, Pune, Maharashtra & 3Visiting Professor, Hainan Medical University, China20200909Dear Editor,<br />Coronavirus disease (COVID‑19) already causes a pandemic problem in March 2020. Myanmar is one of the poor developing countries in Indochina that the disease occurs late in the timeline of the COVID‑19 pandemic. According<br />to the local report by Myanmar center of Disease Control, the disease has just been firstly detected in the third week of March 2020. At present (April 1, 2020), there are 15 patients in Myanmar.http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/view/2314http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/download/2314/717718156