โควิด: พม่าประเดิม “ปีใหม่” สุดเงียบเหงา ถนนไร้ผู้คน ติดเชื้อเพิ่มอีก-เสียชีวิตแล้ว 3

(COMBO) Shows people taking part in celebrations for Thingyan in Yangon on April 13, 2014 (top) and on April 12, 2020 (bottom), while total confirmed cases of COVID-19 is 38 and 3 deaths. AFP

(COMBO) People taking part in celebrations for Thingyan, the water festival which marks the country’s new year, in Yangon on April 13, 2014 (top) and a man cycling along an empty street on the first day of Thingyan on April 12, 2020. AFP

(COMBO) Shows road traffic in central Yangon September 19, 2019 (top) and Yangon on April 12, 2020, amid restrictions put in place to halt the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. AFP

This year the country’s commercial hub Yangon lies in lockdown and silent, its streets eerily empty with residents shut firmly indoors as coronavirus fears grow. AFP

(COMBO) Revellers gesturing as they take part in celebrations marking Thingyan, a water festival which brings in the country’s new year, in Yangon on April 14, 2016 (top) and same street on April 12, 2020. AFP

(COMBO) shows traffic in central Yangon on March 17, 2020 (top) and the same street on April 12, 2020. AFP

(COMBO) Cars making their way on a street as revellers dance to music during celebrations marking the beginning of the Thingyan in Yangon on April 14, 2017 (top) and the same street on April 12, 2020. AFP