A man is seen waiting at a bus stop on an empty street amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus, in Yangon on Saturday night (April 18). - The Yangon government announced a 10pm to 4am curfew to begin on April 18 amid fears of the coronavirus pandemic. - AFP
YANGON: Naypyitaw Union Territory, which includes Myanmar's government capital Naypyitaw, on Sunday (April 19) issued an order to impose a nighttime curfew in all of its townships. The decisions follows the same one made in Yangon much earlier.
"We have planned to take further restrictions in pursuit of public health," Nay Pyi Taw Council Member Aung Myint Htun told Xinhua.
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