Eight COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in Southern Shan State
Eight transmissions were reported by the Burma government's Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) in southern Shan State on Thursday, December 3. Medical staff tested...
COVID-19 Detected in Laikha Township
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By Hseng Leng/SHAN The township of Laikha, located in southern Shan State, is experiencing its first cases of COVID-19, after two young women tested positive...
Township Authorities Quarantine Residents Returning from Tachileik
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By Hseng Leng/SHAN Mong Yang Township authorities are making everyone returning from Tachileik stay at a quarantine facility after an outbreak was detected in the...
Some Disregarding Health Regulations Despite COVID-19 Threat
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By Hseng Leng/SHAN Despite the threat of contracting COVID-19, many are carrying on as normal and not adhering to health guidelines implemented to keep everyone...
Sixteen COVID-19 Cases Reported in Tachileik
Tachileik health officials detected 16 cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, December 1, over a 24-hour period, after testing about 300 people in the Burmese...
Woman Raped in Taunggyi Quarantine Center
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A 33-year-old woman was raped in a COVID-19 quarantine center at Taunggyi University in southern Shan State on Sunday evening, according to local authorities. The...
Two New COVID-19 Infections Reported in Taunggyi
Two new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the Shan State capital of Taunggyi on Monday. Authorities shut down the Taungyyi Myoma market at midday...
Business Slows and Fears Grow as Tachileik COVID-19 Cases Increase
Trade has slowed in in the Shan-Thai border town of Tachileik and people are wary of going out in public as the cases of...
Tachileik Sees 10 New COVID-19 Cases in One Day
Ten new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported in the eastern Shan State town of Tachileik on the Thai border on Sunday. According to deputy...
New COVID-19 Patients Identified in Nawngkhio, Tachileik
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By HSENG LENG / SHAN Five new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in two Shan State townships on Friday. Four of the positive patients—one man and...