Kengtung, 2 May

566 Myanmar workers coming back from China arrived back at a sport ground in Kengtung, Eastern Shan State yesterday afternoon.

The returnees were place under 21-day quarantine in Mongla Special Region-4 before heading to Kengtung. They were warmly welcomed by the local lawmakers, Shan State Commissioner U Ye Naing, Deputy Commissioner U Win Min Thein, departmental staff, policemen, firefighters, rector of Kengtung University, faculty members, students, members of the Myanmar Red Cross Society, volunteers and local people.

They were conducted medical checks upon their arrivals and provided food, drinking water, and medical items and sent back to Taunggyi.—Aung Zin Myint (IPRD)

Translated by Kyaw Htike Soe