The health ministry said a 36-year-old travelling from the United States and 26-year-old returning from Britain, both Myanmar nationals, had tested positive. The news of the confirmed cases sparked panic buying in the commercial capital of Yangon, with shoppers packing major supermarkets. Two doctors told Reuters a likely explanation for the lack of cases in Myanmar was limited testing. Myanmar had carried out around 300 tests as of Monday evening, in a population of 51 million, according to health ministry spokeswoman Khin Khin Gyi. “WHO has said, ‘test, test, test,” she said.

Source: bd News24 March 24, 2020 01:07 UTC