At least 50 people have been killed in central Myanmar in an air strike by the military on an event attended by opponents to its rule, according to media and members of a local resistance movement.
Five people have jumped from an apartment building in Myanmar's main city of Yangon, killing at least two of them in a bid to escape a raid by security forces, media reports say, sparking condemnation among opponents of military rule.
Protests against Myanmar's military government have broken out across the nation, on the anniversary of the bloody suppression of a 1988 uprising against a previous army junta.
Myanmar's military ruler is looking for greater cooperation with the international community to contain the coronavirus, state media reports, as the Southeast Asian country struggles with a surging wave of infections.
