Myanmar allows Thai medical team to go to cyclone-hit delta

BANGKOK, Thailand - An official says Myanmar's military government has given permission to a Thai medical team to go to the cyclone-hit delta.

Dr. Thawat Sutharacha of the Public Health Ministry says he has received a message from the Myanmar Health Ministry that says the Thai team can conduct medical work.

If the team is able to go as scheduled on Friday, it will be the first foreign aid group to work in the Irrawaddy delta. The junta has declared the area off-limits to foreigners.

Thawat said Wednesday that the team is going on the condition that it will be able to work in the delta.

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