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KsC19PN volunteers reached at Maina RC (Roman Catholic) camp in Waingmaw township, Kachin State, northern Burma on April 6, 2020. Photo: KsC19PN
April 13, 2020
Kachin civil society organizations have started their own preventative programs to fight coronavirus in the internally displaced persons (IDP) camps...
April 13, 2020
The government introduced stricter travel measures it claims will help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Kachin State’s Hpakant Township. Locals are...
April 13, 2020
The mother of Burma’s COVID-19 patient ‘zero’ tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS) confirmed the 58-...
April 13, 2020
Khin Tharaphy Oo — A soldier who allegedly insulted a woman’s modesty on the afternoon of April 6 in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township will face...
April 13, 2020
Nay Yaung Min — The Office of the Commander-in-Chief has stated that the military last week detained 15 men from Kyauktaw Township, including a...
April 13, 2020
Min Tun — A 17-year-old from Lanmataw village in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township sustained a gunshot wound on April 7 and is receiving medical...
April 13, 2020
Myo Thiri Kyaw —Four residents of Sin Oo Tike village in Arakan State’s Ann Township were injured by an artillery shell blast on April 8. They were...
April 13, 2020
Myo Thiri Kyaw — An explosion occurred near Waithali village in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township on April 10, injuring two residents of the village. U...
Myanmar’s military displays seized drugs and drug-making materials for the press, foreign military attachés and international anti-narcotic organizations in Kutkai Township, northern Shan State on March 6. / The Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Defense Services | irrawaddy.com
April 11, 2020
Sai Wansai — When the Tatmadaw or Burma army recently announced the large amount seizure of narcotics in Kutkai Township, Kaungkha village, later...
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April 11, 2020
SENG PHOO — COVID-19 lockdowns have killed sales from the profitable produce trade in Taunggyi, merchants told SHAN. Sales in the Shan State capital...
April 11, 2020
Unknown assailants murdered a family, including a male child, and dumped their bodies in a patch of jungle near their village in northern Shan State...
Laboratory testing for COVID-19 (Ministry of Health and Sports)
April 11, 2020
Yan Lin Aung — A 24-year-old has been confirmed to have coronavirus (COVID-19) and has been sent to the Mawlamyine public hospital. This is the 27th...