Myanmar’s anti-COVID campaign foundered along with the rest of the health system after the military seized power on Feb. 1 and overthrew elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose government had stepped up testing, quarantine and treatment.
Some 150 health workers have been arrested. Hundreds more doctors and nurses are wanted on incitement charges. Myanmar has reported more than 3,200 COVID-19 deaths from over 140,000 cases, although the slump in testing has raised doubts over data that shows new cases and deaths have largely plateaued since the coup.
“It’s very concerning that COVID-19 testing, treatment and vaccinations are extremely limited in Myanmar as more lives are at risk with new, more dangerous variants spreading,” said Luis Sfeir-Younis, Myanmar COVID-19 operations manager for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.Twenty-four cases have been identified in Cikha, said Lun Za En. Seven were so serious they needed hospitalisation – a sign of how few cases had likely been detected.
“It is not clear how this will be resolved, unless there is a resolution at the political level addressing the political conflict,” said Jost.
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