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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

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

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...

New COVID-19 Case Found in Hsihseng Township

By SAI HSENG LENG / SHAN   A confirmed case of COVID-19 was identified in southern Shan State’s Hsihseng Township this week. Dr. Zawana, the deputy...

New COVID-19 Case Confirmed in Muse

By SAI HSENG LENG / SHAN A patient in the town of Muse, on Shan State’s border with China, tested positive for COVID-19 on...

Chinese Border Town on Lockdown After Burmese Migrants Test Positive for COVID-19

Chinese authorities have locked down the city of Ruili in Yunnan Province after two Burmese migrants tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend. The two...

Shan State Residents Running Out of Food

By Sai Hseng Hlaing / SHAN Residents of Shan State are struggling amid lockdowns and border closures since late March, which have disrupted trade resulting...

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