Myanmar forms panel to probe attack on WHO vehicle

Members of the Myanmar Red Cross carry a dead body of a driver from a boat in Rakhine State on April 21, 2020 killed while delivering test kits for COVID-19 coronavirus.- AFP

YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar President's Office on Wednesday (April 29) announced the formation of an inquiry committee to investigate into a recent armed attack on a vehicle of the World Health Organization (WHO) carrying Covid-19 surveillance samples in Rakhine state.

The WHO vehicle transporting swab samples to the national laboratory in Yangon was attacked in Minbya township of Rakhine state on April 20, said the President's Office, killing the driver and wounding a health worker on board.