Thirty-seven COVID-19 Patients Remaining in Shan State Hospitals
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By Sai Hseng Hlaing There are 37 COVID-19 patients receiving medical treatment in hospitals in Shan State, with most cases in the south, near...
Citing COVID-19 Prevention, RCSS Restricts Entrance Into Its Territory
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by-Sai Pawnli The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) released a statement this week restricting outsiders from entering its territory through the end of the...
Seven Drivers with COVID-19 Detected at Medical Checkpoints in Shan State
Seven commercial drivers tested positive for COVID-19 after hundreds were checked at medical checkpoints in Shan State. Dr Zawana Ko, deputy head of the Shan...
Drivers Test Positive for COVID-19 in Southern Shan State
Several commercial drivers with COVID-19 were detected at a health checkpoint in southern Shan last Saturday (October 3). Dr Zawana Ko, deputy head of the...
COVID-19 Halts Shan State Truck and Bus Operation for Two Weeks
After multiple drivers tested positive for the coronavirus, Shan State’s COVID-19 Control and Response Committee ordered a stop to truck and bus operations leaving...
Dr Sai Aung Tun, Burma’s Iconic Shan Historian, Dies at 88
Famous Shan historian Dr Sai Aung Tun died last Friday (September 25) in Yangon. He was 88-years-old. "Most leaders of the Shan community are his...
Three COVID-19 Transmissions Confirmed in Taunggyi District
Of the 270 new coronavirus transmissions the government reported this Monday (September 22), 3 of them were in southern Shan State. One of the patients...
Returning Migrant Workers Arrive in Taunggyi
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By -Sai Hseng Leang Over 60 migrant workers arrived in Shan State's capital, Taunggyi, this Monday (September 21) from Mongla, in Burma's Special Region...
Man Dies After One Day in Taunggyi Quarantine
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By- Sai Hseng Hleang A 67-year-old man who was quarantined in a high school in Taunggyi died in Sao San Htun hospital on Sunday. One...
RCSS Re-Establishes Medical Checkpoints in its Territory
The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) has re-established medical checkpoints in its territory since COVID-19 has gone on the rise in Burma in...