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- Intensive contact tracing will be Prioritized: Yangon COVID-19 Response Committee
- Malaysia Deports Nearly 400 Undocumented Myanmar Workers
- Myanmar Begins Investigation Into WHO Driver’s Fatal Shooting
- Viral Video Shows Five Rakhine Men Beaten by Myanmar Military
- Myanmar MPs to Receive COVID-19 Tests Before Coronavirus Budgetary Discussions
- Yangon Makes Wearing Face Masks Mandatory; Legal Action Awaits Violators
- Now YSX, the Building Once Managed Myanmar’s Monetary System
- Trump Brushes Off White House Virus Outbreak Concerns
- Laos Pushes Ahead With Sixth Mekong River Dam Project
- Plastic Piles Up in Thailand as Pandemic Efforts Sideline Pollution Fight
- India Looks to Ease Lockdown Even as Coronavirus Infections Jump
| Intensive contact tracing will be Prioritized: Yangon COVID-19 Response Committee Posted: 12 May 2020 06:18 AM PDT  U Naing Ngan Lin, committee member and Social Affairs Minister,tells The Irrawaddy that the city should be ready for more door-to-door health checks. |
| Malaysia Deports Nearly 400 Undocumented Myanmar Workers Posted: 12 May 2020 05:52 AM PDT  They returned via two chartered flights after spending months in immigration detention centers amid the Malaysian government's COVID-19 movement restrictions. |
| Myanmar Begins Investigation Into WHO Driver’s Fatal Shooting Posted: 12 May 2020 05:19 AM PDT  A committee appointed by the President's Office to investigate the shooting death of a WHO driver transporting COVID-19 swabs in Rakhine Start has started work. |
| Viral Video Shows Five Rakhine Men Beaten by Myanmar Military Posted: 12 May 2020 03:13 AM PDT  The five men said they were exposed to the hot sun and that the soldiers poured hot water on them and forced them to confess to being members of the AA, relatives recalled. |
| Myanmar MPs to Receive COVID-19 Tests Before Coronavirus Budgetary Discussions Posted: 12 May 2020 03:03 AM PDT  Parliamentarians face screening ahead of sessions which start on May 18 as members grapple with coronavirus budgetary challenges. |
| Yangon Makes Wearing Face Masks Mandatory; Legal Action Awaits Violators Posted: 12 May 2020 02:28 AM PDT  As Yangon prepares to reopen businesses, city officials are getting tough on COVID-19 prevention measures, with those who fail to follow the rules facing fines and jail. |
| Now YSX, the Building Once Managed Myanmar’s Monetary System Posted: 12 May 2020 01:19 AM PDT  The building housing the Yangon Stock Exchange has twice seen its currency stocks destroyed and then hosted the military planners who destroyed the economy after 1962. |
| Trump Brushes Off White House Virus Outbreak Concerns Posted: 11 May 2020 11:39 PM PDT  US President Donald Trump said he believed the White House's COVID-19 prevention measures were working, despite the infection of two staff members last week. |
| Laos Pushes Ahead With Sixth Mekong River Dam Project Posted: 11 May 2020 11:10 PM PDT  The government of Laos has submitted plans to build a sixth dam on the Mekong River, to be developed by a subsidiary of a Chinese company. |
| Plastic Piles Up in Thailand as Pandemic Efforts Sideline Pollution Fight Posted: 11 May 2020 10:54 PM PDT  A surge in home delivery services amid the COVID-19 restrictions has seen plastic waste soar in Thailand, which began the year with a plastic bag ban. |
| India Looks to Ease Lockdown Even as Coronavirus Infections Jump Posted: 11 May 2020 10:42 PM PDT  Despite reporting its biggest single-day jump in COVID-19 cases, India is looking to ease its nearly seven-week lockdown. |
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