Attack on WHO vehicle that killed Myanmar driver condemned

Title: 

Attack on WHO vehicle that killed Myanmar driver condemned

Sub-title: 

Humanitarian groups urge military and rebels to heed UN's call for a global ceasefire amid the coronavirus emergency.

Description: 

"Top officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) and other aid groups have condemned an attack on a WHO team that killed a driver who was helping transport coronavirus tests in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called the death of Pyae Sone Win Maun, the driver of a WHO vehicle, as "tragic" and "devastating news", while United Nations Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Yanghee Lee said what happened was "unacceptable" and demanded an independent international investigation into the attack..."

Source/publisher: 

"Al Jazeera" (Qatar)

Date of Publication: 

2020-04-22

Date of entry: 

2020-04-22

Grouping: 

  • Individual Documents

Category: 

Countries: 

Myanmar

Administrative areas of Burma/Myanmar: 

Rakhine State

Language: 

English

Resource Type: 

text

Text quality: 

    • Good

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