In Myanmar, over a million people have no idea about COVID-19
02 July 2020 |
6:28 pm
In the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, more than a million people are unaware of the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the world due to a government-sanctioned internet shutdown that began a year ago.
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