Myanmar: Covid-19 cases escalating as over 500 arrested for violating lockdown rules


A man riding a bicycle on an empty road of the downtown area of Yangon on Saturday night (Sept 26, 2020). Yangon is in a lockdown as escalating Covid-19 cases has almost reached the 10,000 mark in Myanmar. - AFP

YANGON, Sept 27 (Xinhua): A total of 525 people were arrested in Myanmar in a week for violating the Covid-19 rules, state-run media quoted Myanmar Police Force as saying on Sunday.

From Sept 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.

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