UN to discuss violence, virus in Myanmar

By Agence France-Presse

May 13, 2020 12:14 am

YANGON: The United Nations Security Council would hold a videoconference to discuss the escalation of violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state and the effect of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, diplomatic sources said.

DEADLY REGION Last month a Myanmar government health worker was injured and his driver, who worked for the World Health Organization, was killed when their United Nations-marked vehicle was ambushed as they carried coronavirus test samples in the conflict-ridden Rakhine state. AFP PHOTO

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