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Social Distancing Not Always Being Followed For Returning Workers, CSO Says
With thousands returning en masse from jobs in China in recent days a Kachin civil society coalition cautioned that more…
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Kachin IDPs Face Food Insecurity During COVID-19 Lockdown
All the internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps in Kachin State have been under lockdown since the end of March after…
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Day Workers Blocked From Banana Farms
Hundreds of day workers employed on tissue-culture banana farms in Waingmaw township, in Kachin State, have been told not to…
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Gov’t Restricts Traffic To Hpakant To Fight Virus
The government introduced stricter travel measures it claims will help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Kachin State’s Hpakant Township.…
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Kachin Civil Society Initiates Coronavirus Prevention Measures in IDP Camps
Kachin civil society organizations have started their own preventative programs to fight coronavirus in the internally displaced persons (IDP) camps…
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Health Dept Monitoring Nearly 3,000 People in Kachin State for COVID-19
Kachin State’s health department has reported that a total of 2,985 people are being monitored either at home or in…
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Myitkyina Painters Promoting COVID-19 Awareness Charged With Insulting Buddhism
A group of young painters who created a work of art on the wall of a railway station in the…
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‘Not Enough Water to Wash Our Hands,’ Say Kachin IDPs Bracing For COVID-19
While thorough handwashing has been proven as an effective strategy to fight the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, internally displaced…
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Gov’t Blocks Ethnic Media Groups From Mobile Networks
Three online ethnic media outlets in Burma are blocked on major mobile internet providers at a time when access to…
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Burma Army Warns KIO to Cut Ties With Arakan Army or Face Attack, PCG Says
Kachin civil society organizations say that they are concerned that the Burma Army is planning a military offensive in areas…
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