Mogaung, 18 April

A ceremony to donate medical equipment to be used in controlling and preventing COVID-19 pandemic took place at the meeting room of the General Administration Department in Mogaung Township this morning.

First, Kachin State Minister for Finance, Planning and Commerce U Wai Lin delivered an address and handed over 100 personal protective equipment (PPE) suits, 13,000 disposable masks, and 5,000 examination gloves donated by the local government through the chairman of township COVID-19 control and prevention committee U Yan Naing Tun who returned words of thanks.

Also present at the ceremony were the Lower House lawmakers U Win Naing and U Win Aung, Upper House legislator Dr. Khin Ma Gyi, Kachin State MP Daw Mya Thway San and members of the township COVID-19 control and prevention committee.—Win Naing (Kachin Land)

Translated by Kyaw Htike Soe