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Kachin State’s First COVID-19 Patient Discharged From Hospital
Kachin State’s first COVID-19 patient—and Burma’s 144th—was discharged from Myitkyina hospital on Monday after testing negative twice for the virus…
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EAOs Cautious About Collaboration With Govt’s COVID-19 Coordination Committee, Insiders Say
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) replied to and acknowledged the Burmese government’s official letter announcing the formation of a COVID-19…
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Govt Won’t Drop Charges Against Three Artists Over COVID-19 Mural
The deputy director of Kachin State’s religious affairs department is refusing to drop the legal case against three painters charged…
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Lockdowns Hurt Businesses In Kachin State Villages
Business owners in Myitkyina township are struggling to survive after COVID-19 lockdowns forced their restaurants and beer stations to close.…
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Quarantined Workers Will Be Moved Before Rain Comes
The Kachin State government will transfer hundreds of migrant workers staying in a rudimentary quarantine facility in northern Kachin State…
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Mandated Quarantine For Kachin State MPs
Kachin State parliamentarians will need to quarantine for one week before attending an upcoming session in parliament. Tun Tin, the…
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Calls Grow to Drop Charges Against Artists Over COVID-19 Mural
The Kachin State-based Legal Aid Network (LAN) has demanded that the case against three Myitkyina-based painters be dismissed one month…
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Three Painters Promoting COVID-19 Awareness Released on Bail, Charges Remain
Three painters were released from jail on bail by a Myitkyina court on Thursday, but continue to face charges of…
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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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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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