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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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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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Coronavirus Rumours Cause Panic Buying
After rumours circulated markets would close soon due to the spread of covid-19 residents in Kachin State started panic shopping.…
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Kachin CSOs Want To Work With Gov’t To Combat Covid-19
Kachin civil society organizations (CSOs) want to cooperate with the government to prevent the spread of the covid-19 pandemic in…
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Burma-China Border Remains Open Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
While checkpoints along the Thai-Burma border closed this week, traffic continues as usual along Burma’s border with China, local sources…
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Myitkyina University Postpones Exams Due to COVID-19
Myitkyina University in Kachin State postponed mid-term exams for students on Tuesday amid fears of spreading the coronavirus through large…
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