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Myanmar Catholics take up Covid-19 challenge

Church officials are providing quarantine facilities as volunteers join the nation's fight against the pandemic
Myanmar Catholics take up Covid-19 challenge

Lashio Diocese’s Covid-19 response team gives food to needy people in Shan state on May 21. (Photo: Lashio Diocese's social communication office)

Published: June 10, 2020 08:56 AM GMT
Updated: June 10, 2020 08:59 AM GMT

St. Joseph Catholic Major Seminary in Yangon has taken on a new role as a quarantine center during the coronavirus pandemic.

On June 1, it welcomed dozens of people who would be quarantined for 21 days after returning from abroad. A few days later, more people arrived and the seminary now has 102 under quarantine.

Of the 102 under quarantine, 88 had returned from Thailand and 14 from China, according to church officials.

The seminary in the commercial hub of Myanmar has been transformed after the country’s Catholic bishops offered its facilities to the government. Church officials and priests have made preparations since late April to accommodate 130 people.

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