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  1. FILE PHOTO: Men construct a barricade blocking off their street to prevent the spread of the corona
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    Myanmar’s ‘maximum containment’ COVID-19 plan pushed to brink as virus surges

    Myanmar has quarantined tens of thousands of people to prevent a coronavirus outbreak from overwhelming its fragile healthcare system but public ...
  2. Ten armed groups run the Myanmar Shan State border town of Muse (foreground), which is separated by
  3. Men cross a street amid pandemic after authorities announced a stay-at-home order in Yangon
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    Myanmar rejects calls to postpone election despite COVID-19 surge

    Myanmar plans to push ahead with a November general election despite calls from opposition parties to postpone it because of a surge in novel ...
  4. People chat with a barricade between them blocking off their street to prevent the spread of the co
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    Myanmar extends Yangon lockdown after record daily jump in COVID-19 cases

    Myanmar announced a stay-at-home order for its biggest city Yangon after reporting a record daily increase in new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday.
  5. Medical worker in protective suit collects a swab sample from a woman for nucleic acid testing in t
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    Myanmar reports 424 new COVID-19 cases in record daily rise

    Myanmar reported 424 new coronavirus infections on Friday, the Southeast Asian country's biggest daily rise so far amid a recent resurgence of the ...
  6. Recent allegations Myanmar's military committed atrocities againt ethnic Rakhine Buddhists
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    Rohingya groups in 'solidarity' with Myanmar's ethnic Rakhine

    Rohingya groups around the world displayed a rare show of solidarity on Thursday with Myanmar's ethnic Rakhine, who they say are suffering ...
  7. The sperm was found inside an ostracod -- a type of crustacean that has existed for 500 million
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    Scientists find world's oldest sperm in Myanmar amber

    A team of palaeontologists have discovered what they believe is the world's oldest animal sperm, frozen 100 million years ago inside a tiny ...
  8. Workers building temporary shelters for coronavirus patients on a football pitch in Yangon, where
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    Myanmar races to build field hospital as COVID-19 surge stretches health system

    Myanmar authorities are racing to build a field hospital in the commercial capital of Yangon to cope with a surge of coronavirus infections that ...
  9. Military operations in 2017 forced some 750,000 Rohingya to flee from conflict-torn Rakhine state to
  10. A street food vendor waits for customers at her stall in Yangon
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    Calls grow for Myanmar election delay as COVID-19 cases spike

    Opposition parties in Myanmar are calling for November's election to be postponed as the country scrambles to control a COVID-19 surge.