Volunteers sit at makeshift barriers blocking access to minor roads next to a sign urging residents to stay at home in Yangon as new restrictions have been introduced to try to halt a surge in coronavirus cases. Nearly all of Myanmar including the capital Naypyidaw, Yangon and northwestern Rakhine state are now all under lockdown due to a surge in cases. - AFP
YANGON, Sept. 12 (Xinhua): The number of Covid-19 infections (coronavirus) has risen to 2,422 in Myanmar, according to a release from the Health and Sports Ministry, with 157 more cases being confirmed on Friday night.
The country has seen a rocketing number of local transmissions since the second wave of the Covid-19 outbreak on Aug. 16.
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