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Suu Kyi warns against letting down guard ahead of rollout of Covid-19 vaccine
The state counsellor warned that it was still too early to relax vigilance against the coronavirus
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Sule Shangri-La Hotel to close until November as Covid-19 crisis devastates tourism industry
Staff will be placed on leave and given partial pay and benefits, but hotel refuses to disclose details
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Sule Shangri-La Hotel will be temporarily closed until the end of 2021
It had decided that the hotel was shut down due to the economic crisis during the Covid-19 pandemic and intended to reopen within nine months if the economy recovers.
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More than 65,000 factory workers in Yangon have lost jobs amid pandemic, says regional minister
Women working in the garment sector are among the hardest hit as hundreds of factories close or sack workers
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Myanmar migrants struggle as second wave of Covid-19 hits Thailand
Discrimination has made the resurgence of the coronavirus in Thailand especially hard on Myanmar workers
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