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Returnees who have completed 21-day Quarantine (photo: Bo Win)
April 23, 2020
Yan Lin Aung - On April 21, 2019, over 500 returnees (migrant workers) from Thailand were allowed to go back to their homes after completing 21 days...
A Chinese medical team arrives to the Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, 08 April 2020. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
April 23, 2020
A team of Chinese medical experts aiding Myanmar in the fight against COVID-19 returned Wednesday to Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan...
April 23, 2020
Min Tun - One health worker was killed and another injured after the World Health Organization (WHO) vehicle they were travelling in was shot at in...
April 23, 2020
Nay Yaung Min - The Office of the State Counsellor on April 21 published a statement signed by Daw Aung Suu Kyi that praised military personnel...
April 22, 2020
SENG PHOO — The Shan State government is waiting for Union-level approval on whether they can accept the international donation of what would be the...
April 22, 2020
Five people arrested in a village in Rakhine State that was reportedly shelled by the Burma Army with artillery are still being held at the Army’s...
Kun San Lwin is a student union activist.
April 22, 2020
Kun San Lwin — People from nine townships of Arakan and Chin states have faced one of the world’s longest internet shutdowns. Access to accurate...
April 22, 2020
More than 20 healthcare workers were quarantined in Tachilek public hospital in eastern Shan State after a Yangon-based doctor was recently confirmed...
April 22, 2020
In a statement released on Friday, the Arakan National Party (ANP) condemned what they say are military threats against their own parliamentarians...
Arakan Army. Screengrab from YouTube
April 22, 2020
Subir Bhaumik — In a strange rush to complete and operationalise the $484 million Kaladan Multimodal project, India risks getting sucked into what...
The facade of the Yangon General Hospital in Yangon is pictured on March 24, 2020. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
April 22, 2020
The World Bank has approved a US$50 million credit for the Myanmar COVID-19 Emergency Response Project, as part of global emergency support...
Photos by Muse Youth Check point at 105 miles gate
April 20, 2020
NANG SENG NOM — Travellers visiting Muse township are required to do a 21-day quarantine and foot the entire bill during their lock down as part of a...