"Basic education schools had planned to re-open on June 1 after the Thingyan Holiday but only if the virus situation returns to normalcy next month, said U Ko Law Win, director general of the Basic Education Department. The re-opening date could be postponed if the situation becomes more challenging. The decision on whether schools re-open or not is not solely decided by the Ministry of Education but by senior state officials, said U Ko Law Min. We’ll re-open the schools if the situation becomes normal. If not, we will have to move to a later date. We can’t say exactly when yet. We’ll re-open the schools when we can get the situation under control. No one can say exactly if the situation will allow us to re-open in June, he said. As of 1pm on April 29, there are a total of 150 COVID-19 positive cases in Myanmar including six deaths and 16 recoveries..."