At least two jade scavengers were killed in a landslide collapse at a jade mine in Phakant Township, Kachin State on 20 April, the Ministry of Home Affairs said.
With a view to ensuring sufficient drinking water, a tube-well and related tasks are being undertaken by the Department of Rural Development in Saishin Village, Minbu Township in Magway Region and the project has been 100 percent finished.
No one was injured in a warehouse fire in Muse, the border town in Northern Shan State, according to a source from the Information and Public Relations Department.
No casualties were reported after strong winds blew through some villages in Hsinbaungwe Township, Magway Region yesterday, according to a source from the Department of Disaster Management.
Myanmar citizens who came back from China are being kept in 21-day quarantine at designated places in Putao, Kachin State, said Chairman of the township COVID-19 control and prevention committee Township Administrator U Thant Sin.
Amidst the global fight against the COVID-19 disease, a WHO vehicle with the United Nations emblem was attacked by the ULA/AA terrorist group on 20 April, and a WHO local staff member was seriously wounded. He was driving this vehicle on his mission to transport swabs samples from COVID-19 suspects in townships in Rakhine State to the National Health Laboratory in Yangon. He died the next day.
