Naypyitaw, Burma, Jul 6, 2021 / 10:01 am
Several priests in Burma have contracted Covid-19, with at least four priests in one diocese alone dying in just a week.
At least 20 of the 54 priests in the Diocese of Kalay have the disease.
There are currently 12 priests in the diocese who are confirmed have COVID-19 while another five have already recovered, said Father Joseph Thang Nen Zo Mung, the diocese’s director for social communication.
He said that in the village of Suangpi in Tedim township, almost half of the population of 180 households are sick. The parish priest died of the disease June 27.