A firefighter wearing a protective clothing sprays disinfectant as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus in Yangon on Tuesday (April 21). A Myanmar government health worker was injured and his driver killed when their United Nations-marked vehicle was ambushed as they were carrying Covid-19 (coronavirus) test samples in conflict-ridden Rakhine state, the UN said. - AFP
YANGON: A Myanmar government health worker was injured and his driver killed when their United Nations-marked vehicle was ambushed as they were carrying Covid-19 (coronavirus) test samples in conflict-ridden Rakhine state, the UN said on Tuesday (April 21).
The country's northwest has been embroiled in an increasingly brutal civil war between Myanmar's military and Arakan Army rebels demanding more autonomy for the state's ethnic Rakhine population.
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