Myanmar: Covid-19 cases surging; domestic travel restricted


A mother and her son holding a flag of National League for Democracy (NLD) party, amid coronavirus disease spread concerns during an election campaign rally in Yangon. - Reuters

YANGON, Sept. 11 (Xinhua): Myanmar reported 115 more infection cases of Covid-19 on Friday morning, totaling the cases to 2,265, said a release from the Health and Sports Ministry.

According to the ministry, a total of 185,474 samples have been tested for Covid-19 since it was first detected in Myanmar on March 23 and 8,750 patients are currently under surveillance.

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