<p>A new outbreak of Covid-19 is growing near Myanmar's northwestern border with India, bringing the sharpest increase in cases since the military coup in February led to a collapse in health services and the testing programme.</p>.<p>Official figures released late on Thursday showed 122 cases across the country for the second time in three days - a low number compared with many Asian neighbours, but the highest in nearly four months.</p>.<p>Many of the cases are from Chin State, bordering India, raising concerns that the more transmissible variant first found there is now spreading in Myanmar.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/myanmar-covid-19-outbreak-hits-health-system-shattered-after-coup-991642.html" target="_blank">Myanmar Covid-19 outbreak hits health system shattered after coup </a></strong></p>.<p>"Three people died yesterday alone. Many got scared," Lang Khan Khai from the Zomi Care and Development aid group told <em>Reuters</em> from the town of Tonzang, just over 20 km (13 miles) from the border with India. "People rarely go out."</p>.<p><em>Reuters</em> was unable to reach the health ministry for comment.</p>.<p>Medics are concerned that few cases are being detected. The rate of confirmed infections to tests of over 8% on Thursday was the highest since late November, when the last wave of infections peaked.</p>.<p>Coronavirus testing collapsed after the coup as many health workers joined a civil disobedience movement to protest against the coup that ousted elected ruler Aung San Suu Kyi, whose government had brought two waves of infection under control.</p>.<p>Tests averaged just over 1,400 a day in the seven days to Thursday compared with well over 17,000 in the week before the coup. </p>
<p>A new outbreak of Covid-19 is growing near Myanmar's northwestern border with India, bringing the sharpest increase in cases since the military coup in February led to a collapse in health services and the testing programme.</p>.<p>Official figures released late on Thursday showed 122 cases across the country for the second time in three days - a low number compared with many Asian neighbours, but the highest in nearly four months.</p>.<p>Many of the cases are from Chin State, bordering India, raising concerns that the more transmissible variant first found there is now spreading in Myanmar.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/myanmar-covid-19-outbreak-hits-health-system-shattered-after-coup-991642.html" target="_blank">Myanmar Covid-19 outbreak hits health system shattered after coup </a></strong></p>.<p>"Three people died yesterday alone. Many got scared," Lang Khan Khai from the Zomi Care and Development aid group told <em>Reuters</em> from the town of Tonzang, just over 20 km (13 miles) from the border with India. "People rarely go out."</p>.<p><em>Reuters</em> was unable to reach the health ministry for comment.</p>.<p>Medics are concerned that few cases are being detected. The rate of confirmed infections to tests of over 8% on Thursday was the highest since late November, when the last wave of infections peaked.</p>.<p>Coronavirus testing collapsed after the coup as many health workers joined a civil disobedience movement to protest against the coup that ousted elected ruler Aung San Suu Kyi, whose government had brought two waves of infection under control.</p>.<p>Tests averaged just over 1,400 a day in the seven days to Thursday compared with well over 17,000 in the week before the coup. </p>