Myanmar authorities imposed stay-at-home-measures on the country's second city as coronavirus cases in the coup-wracked country surge, with many health workers striking to protest against the junta.
Inhabitants of Mandalay, as well as two townships in the southern Bago region woke up to new restrictions banning more than one person leaving home for non-medical reasons.
There was no timeframe given for the new rules, announced by the health and sports ministry of the State Administration Council – as the junta calls itself.
