From September 19 to 25, the police charged 26 people for breaking the Covid-19 rules and filed 73 cases against 149 people for violating curfew across the country. The national-level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of Covid-19 issued a nighttime curfew in some regions and states including Yangon region to contain the spread of Covid-19. At present, some townships in Yangon, Mandalay, Bago, Ayeyarwaddy regions and Mon state are under the stay-at-home order as those townships have recently seen increasing numbers of Covid-19 cases. Myanmar has reported 9,991 confirmed cases of Covid-19 with 198 deaths in the country so far, according to the latest figures released by the Ministry of Health and Sports. Myanmar reported its first two Covid-19 cases on March 23.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 27, 2020 04:41 UTC