Myanmar reported its first local transmission in a month in mid-August in the restive western Rakhine state. Since then, the number of cases has roughly doubled to 1,059 infections and six deaths, according to government data. Most recent infections have been in that state's capital, Sittwe, where officials have imposed a stay-at-home order and a curfew. Sittwe is also home to camps where about 100,000 Rohingya Muslims have been confined since an outbreak of violence in 2012. "If the pandemic spreads widely in Yangon, it will be very difficult to provide medical treatment to the people," she said.

Source: bd News24 September 03, 2020 07:30 UTC