YANGON, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- A total of 444 people were arrested in Myanmar in a week for violating curfew imposed in some regions and states, state-run media quoted Myanmar Police Force's figures as saying on Sunday.
Legal action was taken against them under the Penal Code for violating curfew.
During the period, a total of 205 people who didn't wear face masks in public were also arrested across the country under the Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases Law.
The national-level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of COVID-19 issued a nighttime curfew in some regions and states including Yangon region to contain the spread of COVID-19.
At present, some townships in Yangon region are under the stay-at-home order as those townships have recently seen increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases.
Myanmar has reported 5,263 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 81 deaths in the country as of Sunday morning, according to the latest figures released by the Ministry of Health and Sports. Enditem
