A man who returned from Yangon to Ye town in Mon State has tested positive for severe diarrheal disease, according to sources close to the Township Health Department.

A woman who returned from Yangon and lives in Kyaikkhami town, Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State, has tested positive for severe diarrheal disease, while nine family members who had contact with her have been placed under quarantine. The woman, Daw Htay Mon, lives on Shwe Kyin Kyaung Street in Yan Aung Myin Ward, Kyaikkhami. She returned to Kyaikkhami on August 9 with her niece, Daw Ei Ei Phyo, from Thayettaw Monastery on Bogyoke Street in Lanmadaw Township, Yangon Region, according to a source close to the Township Health Department.