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China has closed a watermelon market in a town in Yunnan Province after a cluster of transmissions was detected. A business person told KNG on condition of anonymity that Chinese authorities have closed Wanding, also
An outbreak is rapidly spreading in the northernmost town of Kachin State, with nearly one hundred cases reported so far. According to a man from remote Nogmung in Putao District, some families are staying on
There are four people dying every day from COVID-19 in Tanai, Kachin State, according to a volunteer, who explained about 70 people have perished from the disease in the town in Myitkyina District since the
In Kachin State, there have been 10 deaths and 1,023 confirmed cases in 6 townships until July 13. (more…)
Youth want internet connectivity in their township in northern Burma and access to more phone providers than MPT. (more…)
The Kachin Independence Organization’s (KIO) COVID-19 response committee has ordered a stop to all entry into its territory as of October 1, due to rising rates of infection in Burmese administrated areas. Secretary of the
The government is preventing the Kachin Backpack Health Worker Team (KBHWT) from providing essential medical services to remote areas of Burma's most northeastern state since the end of August, after the country experienced a steep
Electoral candidates contesting the 2020 general election have been informed by the Union Election Commission (UEC) they cannot campaign in Hpakant Township after the government invoked a 'stay at home' order to stop the coronavirus