Citizen journalist
At least 30 people confirmed to be infected with COVID-19 are in hiding in the jungles of Myanmar’s remote Sagaing region after fleeing fighting between troops loyal to the country’s military regime and a branch of the People’s Defense Force (PDF) militia, residents said Thursday.
The patients had been receiving medical treatment at two donor-funded COVID-19 centers in Kalay township’s Ashaysee and Tinthar villages but were forced to vacate the area along after clashes broke out between junta forces and members of the Kalay PDF on July 15, according to a villager who spoke to RFA’s Myanmar Service on condition of anonymity, citing fear of reprisal.