Myanmar imposes stay-at-home order in 18 more towns over Covid-19; total cases almost 200,000


People stand with empty oxygen canisters as they wait to fill them up outside a factory in Yangon on Sunday, July 11, 2021, amid a surge in Covid-19 coronavirus cases. - AFP

YANGON, July 11 (Xinhua): Myanmar's Health and Sports Ministry imposed a stay-at-home order in 18 more towns across the country due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the state-run media reported on Sunday.

The stay-at-home order, which will take effect on Monday, will be applied to six towns in Bago region and 12 towns in Yangon region because of the recent increasing Covid-19 infections.

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