The fire department sprays disinfectant from fire engines to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus on a road Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in Yangon, Myanmar. (Photo by Thein Zaw/AP Photo)





A man donates cash to a Buddhist monk wearing face mask and gloves as they collect morning alms in a street in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. (Photo by Thein Zaw/AP Photo)





A girl carrying a child walks by as Myanmar laborers relay bricks while working at a brick kiln factory on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, 01 March 2020. The laborers at the factory earn around 4,000 to 5,000 Myanmar kyats (2.8 to 3.5 US dollar) on average for around eight hours of work at the brick kiln. According to the Myanmar Poverty Report released in June 2019 (produced by the Central Statistical Organization with support from the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme) as part of the Myanmar Living Conditions Survey (MLCS), about one in four people, or 24.8 percent of the population in Myanmar is living at or below the poverty line. (Photo by Lynn Bo Bo/EPA/EFE)





Firefighters and volunteers disinfect a street as a preventive measure to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus at Yangon on April 8, 2020. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)





Myanmar Hindu people with their faces smeared with colored powder dance under splashing water during Holi festival celebrations in Yangon, Myanmar, 08 March 2020. Holi is celebrated at the end of the winter season on the last full moon day of the lunar month Phalguna in the Hindu calendar, which usually falls in the latter part of February or March. The festival sees people throw colored powder and colored water at each other. (Photo by Lynn Bo Bo/EPA/EFE)





This photo taken on March 3, 2020 shows a tattooed Chin ethnic woman smoking at her house decorated with animal skulls in a village of Chin State, western Myanmar. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)





A Red Cross member distributes a face mask to a man to help stop the spread of the new coronavirus at a local market Sunday, April 12, 2020, in Myttha, Myanmar. (Photo by Aung Shine Oo/AP Photo)





A member of Yangon City and Development Committee sprays disinfectant near a restaurant on a street in hopes of curbing the spread of the new coronavirus in Yangon, Myanmar Wednesday, March 25, 2020. (Photo by Thein Zaw/AP Photo)





Military representatives stand upon arrival of Parliament Chairman T Khun Myat during a regular session of the Union Parliament Wednesday, March. 11, 2020, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (Photo by Aung Shine Oo/AP Photo)





People buy foods and other supplies at a local market in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Myanmar has announced its first two confirmed cases of COVID-19, one in the nation's biggest city, Yangon, and the other in the western state of Chin. (Photo by Aung Shine Oo/AP Photo)





A woman makes noise as she directs the bats away from power tower in Hpa-An, Karen State on March 1, 2020. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)





Police, wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, stand guard during a prisoner release in front of Insein Prison in Yangon on April 17, 2020, as part of an annual amnesty to thousands of prisoners to mark its April New Year holiday. More than a quarter of Myanmar's prison population is to be released, the president's office announced on April 17, as calls grow to ease pressure on overcrowded jails with coronavirus fears gripping the country. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)





Immigration officers check the temperatures of Myanmar fisherman, as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, at the port in Pattani on April 11, 2020. (Photo by Tuwaedaniya Meringing/AFP Photo)





Firefighters spray disinfectant at a market to curb the spread of coronavirus in Yangon, Myanmar, 20 April 2020. Countries around the world are taking increased measures to stem the widespread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus which causes the Covid-19 disease. (Photo by Nyein Chan Naing/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A military health worker (L) wearing protective gear takes the body temperature of a worker from the Tsang Yih Foot Wear company during a health check-up operation at the Hlaing Thar Yar industrial zone in an effort to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Yangon on May 16, 2020. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Firefighters wearing PPE (Personal protective equipment) spray disinfectant to curb the spread of coronavirus, near Sule pagoda at downtown area in Yangon, Myanmar, 24 April 2020. Countries around the world are taking increased measures to stem the widespread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus which causes the Covid-19 disease. (Photo by Lynn Bo Bo/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A member of the military wearing full protective gear sprays disinfectant at a Hindu temple to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. (Photo by Aung Shine Oo/AP Photo)





Police personnel sit on a vehicle as they patrol on a road amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Yangon on April 18, 2020. The Yangon government announced a 10pm to 4am curfew to begin on April 18 amid fears of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)





Visitors walk along the long wooden U Bein Bridge that connects the two banks of Taungthaman Lake as the sun sets Wednesday, March 11, 2020, in Mandalay, central Myanmar. (Photo by Thein Zaw/AP Photo)





Myanmar man loads a pair of water buckets on his shoulder as he collects fresh water from a pond at Dala township, that has no underground fresh water and with the township water supply system very limited, residents mostly rely on earthen rainwater ponds, the outskirt of Yangon, Myanmar, 22 March 2020. World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. (Photo by Lynn Bo Bo/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)