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Six railway police were shot on a Yangon circular train at about 5.30pm on August 14 with four dead and two wounded, according to initial reports. Shooting reportedly occurred near Kyimyindine Station as the circular train travelled from Yangon Railway Station to Insein Station.
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Violent political conflict since the February military coup and a deadly third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic have pummeled Myanmar’s economy, with the World Bank predicting a double-digit contraction of GDP this year and many urban residents struggling with shrinking incomes and rising food prices.
The military ouster of the country’s elected civilian-led government nearly six months ago came after a year of business and travel lockdowns to prevent the spread of the pandemic had hobbled the country’s $75 billion economy.
The Feb. 1 coup d’état brought widespread anti-military protests and walkouts by civil servants and white-collar workers that were met with military violence, killing more than 900 civilians.
COVID-19 Cases in Ayeyarwady Spike After Myanmar’s Election
Social organizations taking COVID-19 patients to hospital in Pathein. / The Irrawaddy
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By Salai Thant Zin 10 December 2020
Pathein, Ayeyarwady Region In the month after the November 8 general election, the number of COVID-19 cases has doubled and death rates surged by six times in Ayeyarwady Region.
The number of COVID-19 cases increased from 1,430 on Nov. 8 to 3,313 on Dec. 8, an increase by nearly 1,900. While there were only three COVID-19 deaths by Nov. 8 in the region, 18 more people died from COVID-19 in a month, according to the Ayeyarwady Region Public Health Department.
“When the second wave of COVID-19 broke out in September in Ayeyarwady, most of the cases were reported in townships bordering Yangon Region. But later the virus spread to other townships. The hikes are mainly attributable to gatherings and failures to comply with COVID-19 regulations imposed by the Ministry of Health and Sports,”