Tatmadaw (Defence Services) True News Information Team said that 27 people who had contact with COVID-19 positive patient number 16 who was admitted at North Okkalapa General Hospital, Yangon, had arrived at Tatmadaw COVID-19 quarantine centre for surveillance.

Tatmadaw True News Information Team secretary Brig. Gen. Zaw Min Tun told Mizzima, “14 male and 13 arrived at our quarantine centre today. They are from North Okkalapa.”

Another 27 people who had contact with virus positive patient number 16 arrived at this centre on April 2 in the morning. The local authority has also cordoned off and locked down the street where this positive patient lived.