10 June
AN officer of Defence Services was confirmed positive for COVID-19 on 8 June during the third polymerase chain reaction test at the 1,000-beded Defence Services General Hospital in Mingaladon Township, Yangon.
He is one of the 18 trainee officers who returned from India by air on 24 May.
It has been reported that the other four officers in this group under the quarantine in Yangon Region Command area were also confirmed positive in the two consecutive tests of their specimen.
The latest case is now receiving medical treatments at the Defence Services Liver Hospital in Mingaladon and he is in good health condition, while the contact tracing is being carried out in relation to this case, according to the report of Office of Commander in Chief of Defence Services.
MNA (Translated by Aung Khin)