Description:
"A WHO vehicle carrying swabs
from the patients receiving for
COVID-19 quarantine in townships
in Rakhine State for test
in Yangon’s national laboratory
came under attack on Monday in
Minbya Township, Rakhine State,
leaving two staff injured.
The two staff- a driver and a
health worker- were in the WHO
vehicle with number plate UN-
5/34 when they were attacked by
ULA/AA group near Yarmaung
Bridge in Minbya around 5 pm
while they are on the way to
Yangon as the airlines were suspended.
They were taken to the
Minbya People’s Hospital.
The World Health Organization’s
vehicle was left in the
scene and plans are underway
to bring it back on 21 April.
While the world is combatting
the COVID-19 global pandemic
by preventing, containment and
treatment of the coronavirus
disease, the attack on the WHO
vehicle with UN emblem and staff
on their global pandemic mission
by the ULA/AA group occurred,
and the attack reflects the ULA/
AA group’s inhuman acts..."
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of Publication:
2020-04-21
Date of entry:
2020-04-22
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Countries:
Myanmar
Administrative areas of Burma/Myanmar:
Rakhine State
Language:
English
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text
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