Myanmar army and rebels blame each other after WHO driver is shot dead
Pyae Sone Win Maung was driving a marked World Health Organisation car carrying swabs from patients to be tested for Covid-19
21 April 2020 - 12:12
Yangon— A World Health Organisation (WHO) vehicle carrying swabs from patients to be tested for the coronavirus came under gunfire in Myanmar's western Rakhine state and the driver was killed, the UN said on Tuesday.
It did not say who carried out the attack in a region where fighting between the army and Arakan Army insurgents has intensified, despite global calls for a ceasefire over the pandemic that has killed five and caused 119 infections in Myanmar...
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