Myanmar
Acting president of the National Unity Government (NUG), Duwa Lashi La, called for revolt in “every corner of the country” against the regime.
Myanmar today reported its biggest one-day rise in new Covid-19 cases, prompting questions over whether its biggest city Yangon will face another round of stay-at-home orders or other restrictions.
Myanmar expanded a lockdown in conflict-wracked Rakhine state to cover four more townships on Wednesday, halting the movement of about 1 million people as the number of coronavirus cases climbs steadily.
A 23-year-old man has been killed after the car he was driving crashed into the moat of Mandalay Palace on Tuesday (August 25).
Two cases of Covid-19 at a quarantine site in Yangon had returned from Rakhine state, the epicentre of Myanmar’s latest outbreak, announced the Ministry of Health and Sports last night.
Myanmar Railways launched on Saturday an overnight express train, which will run between Yangon and Mon state capital Mawlamyine.
David Lah, the Burmese-Canadian preacher who gained notoriety for claiming devout Christians were protected from Covid-19 before catching the virus himself, has been released from jail and is now in Canada, according to Christian organisations.
Faces covered in white dust and chisels in hand, marble sculptors in Myanmar say the hills that have given them a livelihood for generations are disappearing, as large companies reap the rewards of the prized white rock.