"...DOMESTIC NEWS: Hotels, restaurants disinfected after 8th confirmed COVID-19 patient visited, Central Level Meeting on Containment and Prevention of COVID-19 held in Nay Pyi Taw, Essential foodstuffs, medicines shops remain open in Mandalay markets, Banana yields high, but its price falls, Tatmadaw True News Team holds press conference in Nay Pyi Taw... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Moody’s cuts South Africa’s credit ratings to junk, Major security forum in Singapore cancelled due to COVID-19, Russia to close border amid virus crisis, Mental health and psychological resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic, Spotlight: FDA warns against using Chloroquine intended for fish as treatment for COVID-19, Pope faces coronavirus ‘tempest’ alone in St Peter’s Square, Europe’s virus toll surges, world plunges into recession, ‘Corona criminals’ prey on Europe’s virus fears, Trump signs $2 trillion recovery plan as US virus cases skyrocket, New York medical workers decry ‘abysmal’ lack of coronavirus protection, US civil rights leader Joseph Lowery dies aged 98, China’s virus epicentre eases travel restrictions after lockdown, Indonesia’s capital extends emergency response over coronavirus...OPINION: Any threat to the public’s health is a crime... ARTICLE: The coronavirus pandemic has driven the global economy into a downturn that will require massive funding to help developing nations: IMF ...."