"The Myanmar Foreign Ministry said Thursday that it is arranging a charter flight to bring the 63 students who are studying in Wuhan back to Myanmar. Myanmar is negotiating with China to allow the students’ evacuation, the statement added. The Health Ministry said it will quarantine and screen the students upon their arrival in the country. The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose to 170 on Thursday as foreigners in the worst-hit region in China began returning home under close observation.Foreign tourists are cancelling bookings with Myanmar tour companies as coronavirus spreads around the globe, tour operators said Sunday. U Myo Yee, of the Union of Myanmar Travel Association in Mandalay, said cancellations have come from several countries, not just China, where the outbreak of the disease started earlier this month. He said the cancellation rate was between 10 percent and 20pc, and he expected a decrease in tourist arrivals as some Chinese airlines had cancelled flights to the country. State Counsellor chides protesters State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi rebuked students who were protesting against a plan to lengthen the school year at an event in Nay Pyi Taw on Tuesday. The students stood up and unfurled placards to protest the one-month extension while she was speaking at a seminar on improving education in the country. She said that kind of ceremony should not be exploited by a person or group to air their grievances, and that everyone has rights as well as responsibilities..."