General Staff College in Kalaw township on COVID-19 lockdown

General Staff College in Kalaw township on COVID-19 lockdown

Locals and military sources said that Command and General Staff College in Kalaw township, where the military coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing gave a speech, is on lockdown due to Convid-19 infections.

On October 2 and 3, the coup leader conducted various meetings with trainees of lieutenant colonel-level officers, public figures and business owners of Kalaw township and Aungban township in the lobby of the Command and General Staff College in Kalaw township.

There is a 700-bed military hospital and a medical unit for the troops in Kalaw township and Aungban township.

A military source says the chairman of the military council has already been vaccinated using the Covid-19 vaccine made by Russia.

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