Over 500 held for violating COVID rules in Myanmar

YANGON, Sept 27 (Xinhua): A total of 525 people were arrested in Myanmar in a week for violating the COVID-19 rules, state-run media quoted Myanmar Police Force as saying on Sunday.

From Sept. 19 to 25, the police charged 26 people for breaking the COVID-19 rules and filed 73 cases against 149 people for violating curfew across the country.

During the period, a total of 350 people who did not wear face masks in public were also arrested across the country under the Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases Law.

The national-level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of COVID-19 issued a nighttime curfew in some regions and states including Yangon region to contain the spread of COVID-19.

At present, some townships in Yangon, Mandalay, Bago, Ayeyarwaddy regions and Mon state are under the stay-at-home order as those townships have recently seen increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases.