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[email protected]. COMMERCIAL-IN-CONFIDENCE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 COVID -19 PANDEMIC 3 INTERNAL CONFLICT 3 MYANMAR GENERAL ELECTIONS 3 INTERNAL CONFLICT 4 MAIN INCIDENTS 4 RAKHINE STATE 4 SHAN STATE 6 KAYIN STATE 6 ANALYSIS AND COMMENT 6 NATIONWIDE 6 RAKHINE STATE 6 SHAN STATE 7 KAYIN STATE 8 ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS 8 ELECTION WATCH 9 TRANSPORTATION 12 MAIN INCIDENTS 12 COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 12 CRIME AND ACCIDENTS 14 MAIN INCIDENTS 14 COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 15 TRAFFICKING 15 MAIN INCIDENTS 15 COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 15 ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS 17 EARTHQUAKES 17 MAIN INCIDENTS 17 COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 18 FIRE BREAKOUTS 18 MAIN INCIDENTS 18 COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 18 HEALTH HAZARDS 18 CURRENT SITUATION 18 COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 22 GLOSSARY OF TERMS 24 ANNEX: DRUGS SEIZURES IN MYANMAR FROM 14 TO 22 JULY 2020 26 2 of 26 COMMERCIAL-IN-CONFIDENCE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Covid -19 pandemic When EXERA released its latest Weekly Security Review (WSR), the figure for 15 July at 08:00 hrs was 337 confirmed cases since the beginning of the epidemic, i.e.