Two Chinese Nationals Test COVID-19 Positive in Wa State
United Wa State Army soldiers mark the 30th anniversary of the army’s founding in Panghsang in 2019. / The Irrawaddy
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By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint 21 December 2020
Yangon — Two Chinese nationals tested positive for COVID-19 last week in Mong Pawk in the autonomous Wa zone in Shan State, forcing around 300 residents to be isolated in quarantine centers.
The United Wa State Party (UWSP) vice-chairman Zhao Guoan said the patients would not be transported to China as there were medics in the town.
The UWSA unveiled a COVID-19 lab at its headquarters in Panghsang in early December after the Red Cross Department in Pu’er City, Yunnan Province, provided the UWSP with testing equipment using “Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction”.