A Myanmar doctor who treated a coronavirus patient has tested positive for the deadly pathogen, raising concerns over the safety of healthcare workers who are exposed to COVID-19 amid its spread in the Southeast Asian country, according to Myanmar's Health Ministry.

As of Thursday, Myanmar registered a total 85 confirmed cases and four fatalities, the ministry's figures indicated.

A 58-year-old anesthesiologist at Pyay General Hospital in central Myanmar’s Bago region has become the first doctor to catch COVID-19. She was part of a medical team that treated a man known as patient No. 17, who died on April 8.