The Fire Services Department (FSD) and the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) jointly organized a natural disaster preparedness drill in the compound of the township Fire Services Department in Buthidaung Township, Maungdaw District; Rakhine State on January 14 with the aim of rescuing people when natural disaster occurs in the region.

Five people who returned from Mizoram State of India and Kalay Myo in Sagaing Regon were allowed to go back home yesterday after being placed under 14-day observation at a facility quarantine center in the town of Rikhawdar, Falam District, Chin State.