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- Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Foundation Converts Football Center Into COVID-19 Hospital
- Myanmar’s COVID-19 Death Toll Rises to 32 After 12 Reported in Single Day
- Election Posters for Myanmar’s Ruling Party Vandalized in a Dozen Locations
- Rakhine COVID-19 Hospital Reports High Recovery Rate
- Civil Servants Among COVID-19 Patients as Cases Spread Through Myanmar Capital
- Despite Current Economic Fallout in Myanmar, ADB Forecasts a Bounce
- Myanmar Officials to Prosecute Owner of Nightspot Responsible for Yangon’s Biggest COVID-19 Cluster
- Australian Journalist Feared He Would Be ‘Disappeared’ by China
- Hong Kong Says It Won’t Intervene In Case of 12 Residents Detained by China
- Powerful Armed Ethnic Group Launches Its Own Military Academy in Myanmar
| Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Foundation Converts Football Center Into COVID-19 Hospital Posted: 15 Sep 2020 06:42 AM PDT  The Ayeyarwady Foundation is converting a football stadium in Yangon into a makeshift COVID-19 treatment center as the city's hospitals reach capacity. |
| Myanmar’s COVID-19 Death Toll Rises to 32 After 12 Reported in Single Day Posted: 15 Sep 2020 06:32 AM PDT  Myanmar reported 12 more fatalities from COVID-19 on Monday—11 in Yangon and one in Sittwe; the country's death toll now stands at 32 with 3,299 total cases. |
| Election Posters for Myanmar’s Ruling Party Vandalized in a Dozen Locations Posted: 15 Sep 2020 06:19 AM PDT  The NLD has filed cases under the election law after its campaign posters and other materials were vandalized in multiple locations around the country. |
| Rakhine COVID-19 Hospital Reports High Recovery Rate Posted: 15 Sep 2020 05:52 AM PDT  A chief medic in Sittwe says the current strain of coronavirus is more virulent but less deadly than earlier this year. |
| Civil Servants Among COVID-19 Patients as Cases Spread Through Myanmar Capital Posted: 15 Sep 2020 04:04 AM PDT  Over 40 coronavirus cases have now been reported in Naypyitaw, with civil servants and their relatives accounting for half of the cases. |
| Despite Current Economic Fallout in Myanmar, ADB Forecasts a Bounce Posted: 15 Sep 2020 03:34 AM PDT  The Asian Development Bank is hopeful that Myanmar's economy will spring back from the current 1.8 percent growth to 6 percent in the next financial year. |
| Myanmar Officials to Prosecute Owner of Nightspot Responsible for Yangon’s Biggest COVID-19 Cluster Posted: 15 Sep 2020 01:36 AM PDT  Thingangyun Township authorities say they will take action against the owner of a KTV venue who ignored prevention guidelines, causing over 90 staff to contract COVID-19. |
| Australian Journalist Feared He Would Be ‘Disappeared’ by China Posted: 14 Sep 2020 11:55 PM PDT  Australian Financial Review journalist Michael Smith, who fled China after being questioned in a 'security' case, said he feared he would be 'disappeared' by authorities. |
| Hong Kong Says It Won’t Intervene In Case of 12 Residents Detained by China Posted: 14 Sep 2020 11:38 PM PDT  Hong Kong's security chief said the island won't intervene in the cases of 12 residents who fled by boat and were detained by China, which has labeled them separatists. |
| Powerful Armed Ethnic Group Launches Its Own Military Academy in Myanmar Posted: 14 Sep 2020 11:28 PM PDT  With 30,000 troops and plenty of military hardware, the United Wa State Army now plans to improve officer training for the next generation. |
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