Coronavirus: Myanmar confirms first two cases in men returning from abroad

Myanmar confirmed its first cases of the deadly novel coronavirus late on Monday after weeks of increasing scepticism over the underdeveloped southeast Asian nation’s claims to be free of the disease.The country of 54 million people had been the world’s largest country by population not to report a single case of the pandemic that has confined more than 1.7 billion to their homes.With only 214 people tested by late Monday, medical experts and rights groups have urged Myanmar to stand up and…