3,000 returnees from China have come back to Myanmar, current COVID-19 cases stand at 146

3,000 returnees from China have come back to Myanmar, current COVID-19 cases stand at 146
Photo: MNA
Photo: MNA

More than 3,000 returnees from China have come back to Myanmar through the border gate in Lweje Town as they feared the possible transmission of COVID-19 in China, state media reported.

From 16 and 26 April, a total of 3,205 persons have registered at the border gate with the help of civil service employees, health workers and volunteers.

While some of them have been sent to the quarantine centres in respective areas, a total of 348—266 males and 82 females— are kept at the quarantine centres in Lewje despite no symptoms of COVID-19.

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