since 2020, malaria cases increased 1000%

Other news of the day: a huge fire destroyed a textile market in Dhaka. China and the United Arab Emirates concluded the first transaction in yuan. They suspended – at least until April 13 – the sentence of two years in prison against Rahul Gandhi. Young people from Indonesia receive training courses to work as caregivers in Japan. House arrest of the Metropolitan of the kyiv Cave Monastery.

MYANMAR

In the eastern state of Kayin, on the border with Thailand, malaria cases have increased by 1,000% since 2020.. “The situation has really changed,” says the head of the antenatal care unit at a clinic south of Phop Phra (on the Thai side) that offers healthcare to refugees. “It’s not as bad as it was 30 years ago, but the increase suggests that transmission is changing, especially on the Burmese side.” The situation of civil conflict has made it difficult to respond to the increase, especially since many displaced people have taken refuge in forests, where mosquitoes proliferate.

BANGLADESH

About 50 fire units were mobilized to extinguish a fire in the busy Bangabazar area of ​​Dhaka, where the textile market is located. The fire started in the early hours of the morning. At the moment there are no victims, but most of the businesses were reduced to ashes.

INDIA

An Indian court suspended for at least ten days the two-year prison sentence against Rahul Gandhi, the main opposition leader, accused of defaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He The court established that the appeal will begin on April 13 of the leader of the Congress party, who could be left out of next year’s elections.

JAPAN – INDONESIA

The Onodera User Run School, established in Jakarta last year, offers training courses to young Indonesians. Through special government programs, students can travel to Japan to work in elderly care. In December 2022 there were 16,000 Indonesians in the Japanese archipelago, arriving on skilled worker visas. According to an official at the Japanese embassy in Jakarta, 210,000 vacancies for foreign workers remain to be filled.

CHINA – UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

China and United Arab Emirates concluded the first commercial exchange using the yuan, the Chinese currency. Beijing bought 65 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and the transaction was carried out by China National Offshore Oil Corporation and France’s TotalEnergies through the Shanghai Petroleum and Natural Gas Exchange.

RUSSIA – UKRAINE

In a session of a Kiev court, the superior of the Monastery of the Caves, Metropolitan Pavel (Lebed), was sentenced to two months in house arrest, with the prohibition to address the faithful and the obligation to use electronic anklets. This last point revealed a detail: the priest wears designer slippers, a Bowhill Elliot brand.

TURKMENISTAN

The President of the Senate and former President of Turkmenistan, G. Berdymukhamedov, visited “his” new city, currently under construction, in Arkadag. During his visit, he created a new Charitable Foundation that bears his name and will be dedicated to Children: the politician affirmed that it will be “the first in the world” in terms of innovation and supply of special preparations and medicines.