A World Health Organization vehicle carrying swabs from patients to be tested for coronavirus came under gunfire in Myanmar's western Rakhine ...
Food trucks wait to near Muse, close to the Chinese border in Shan state, on Apr 20, 2020. REUTERS: A World Health Organization vehicle carrying swabs from patients to be tested for coronavirus came under gunfire in Myanmar's western Rakhine state and the driver was killed, the United Nations said on Tuesday .
"The WHO colleague was driving a marked UN vehicle from Sittwe to Yangon, transporting COVID-19 surveillance samples in support of the Ministry of Health and Sports," it added.In a statement, the information ministry said the UN-marked car came under gunfire from insurgents while carrying swabs from Rakhine to the biggest city, Yangon. The Arakan Army blamed the military.
"They are working for us, for our country. We have the responsibility for that ... Everyone who has a brain knows that. If you are a Myanmar citizen, you shouldn’t ask that."The driver's father, Htay Win Maung, said his son, aged 28, had worked for the WHO in Sittwe for three years.
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