Trishaw drivers receive free food during a food donation to low income people in Yangon, on April 7. The number of people in Myanmar infected with the coronavirus has risen to 85, with 11 more new confirmed cases reported today, according to a statement from the Health and Sports Ministry. Of the newly confirmed cases, nine are from Yangon region while one each from Mandalay region and Chin state, Xinhua reports. Those new cases include five patients while some were under facility and home quarantine as they were in close contact with previously confirmed cases. With increasing number of local transmissions, Myanmar has reported four deaths so far in 25 days since the infectious disease was first detected in the country on March 23.-Photo: EPA

Source: The Standard April 16, 2020 07:30 UTC