Myanmar military imposes night curfew

Street vendors in the main city of Yangon scrambled to pack away their stalls as the curfew approached on Monday evening

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01 February, 2021, 10:25 pm

Last modified: 01 February, 2021, 10:27 pm

Shwedagon pagoda is seen in Yangon, Myanmar February 1, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

Myanmar's military has imposed an 8pm to 6am curfew across the country, reports the Al Jazeera.

Street vendors in the main city of Yangon scrambled to pack away their stalls as the curfew approached on Monday evening, Ben Small, a resident in the city, posted on Twitter.

Food vendors on Myanmar Gone Yi St in Yangon were hurriedly packing up around 7.55pm as news of the supposed 8pm curfew spread. pic.twitter.com/Zl7jRqsHrC— Ben Small (@benjaminsmall) February 1, 2021

"It is now eerily quiet in Yangon as people obediently adhere to the sudden curfew. It's like the early days of the Covid-19 lockdown in Myanmar last April when the howling street dogs reclaimed the city," Small wrote on Twitter.

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