29 June
THREE Tatmadaw officers from a group that returned from training in India are confirmed to have COVID-19, according to the Tatmadaw True News Information Team.
There were 48 officers who attended the training course in India and they were all put in facility quarantines upon their return. A previous news article on 27 June had already stated that two of the officers were confirmed to be positive with COVID-19. The other 46 officers returning on the same flight had their lab tests examined with Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Defence Services 1000-Bedded Hospital in Mingaladon Township on 27 June. The results showed the three new positive cases and the three officers were transferred to the Defence Services Liver Specialist Hospital in Mingaladon and are reportedly in good health. Authorities have been checking people who have been in close proximity with the officers tested positive for COVID-19 and who have been on the same plane with them for symptoms and transferring them to quarantine if necessary.
MNA (Translated by Zaw Htet Oo)
