"U Myo Aung, permanent secretary of Labour, Immigration and Population, said on April 29 that 175 factories had stopped operations since the virus outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December. “Over 60,000 people are unemployed,” he said. "Everything was settled in more than 70 factories, but in 105 factories, the workers have not been paid yet.” In Yangon Region, the Brightberg Enterprises bag factory, which dismissed more than 300 employees, was shut down permanently, said Daw Cho Mar Win, an employee. “The factory is closed,” she said, “but only the owner knows why. Today, they will pay compensation to the employees according to the law.” About 100 workers staged a strike from March 30 to April 10 to demand full pay for April and to rehire more than 300 workers who had been dismissed. The Labour Ministry is now in the process of inspecting factories that want to reopen, and more than 2000 had been inspected as of April 27..."