Tag: pandemic
Pandemic Creating Hurdles for Candidates During Campaign Period
With coronavirus transmissions rapidly increasing across Burma, electoral candidates are facing challenges launching campaigns during the 2020 general election after travel restrictions aimed at...
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...
COVID-19 Lab in Taunggyi Finally Opens
A laboratory for testing the coronavirus finally opened in Taunggyi, located in southern Shan State. Dr Thuza Chit Tin, head of the state health department,...
Govt Sets Up 24-hour ‘Health Checkpoints’ in Taunggyi
By Sai -Hseng Laeng/SHAN Checkpoints operating around the clock have been set up around Taunggyi, the capital of Shan State, to monitor people's health during...
Students Organize Campaign Against the Conflict in Rakhine State
By - Sai Hseng Leang Students in Lashio and Hsipaw townships in Shan State started a solidarity campaign with students in Rakhine State...
Asymptomatic Migrant Worker Latest COVID-19 Case in Eastern Shan State
A case of COVID-19 was confirmed in eastern Shan State this Wednesday (September 9). Dr Ba Soe Thet, deputy head of health department for eastern...
UWSA Shutters Entry Points to Wa Self-Administered Region
In response to the coronavirus outbreak in Burma, the United Wa State Army (UWSA) locked down its Wa Self-Administered Region, closing all entry points...
Burma Quarantines Dozens of Migrant Workers Returning from Thailand
By Sai Hseng Hlaing/SHAN Dozens of migrant workers arrested in Thailand and sent back to Burma this Friday (August 28) will be quarantined on the...
One-Hundred COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in 24-hrs
One hundred cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Burma within 24 hours. Although most of the cases are in Rakhine State, one is a...
Landmine Killed Child, Injures 6 Others, in Kutkai Township
A landmine explosion killed a five-year-old girl and injured five other children in Kutkai Township, located in northern Shan State. Nang Keng Kham was playing...
