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Myanmar COVID-19
November 03, 2021
Myanmar’s Missing Millions
By Anrike Visser
Millions of dollars in pandemic relief funding from the IMF have gone missing under the military regime, even while Myanmar battles a surge of COVID-19 cases.
September 24, 2021
China Aiding Myanmar Armed Groups in Their COVID-19 Fight
By Sebastian Strangio
Beijing has long maintained close relations to the ethnic armed groups lying along its borders with Myanmar.
August 25, 2021
Between COVID and the Coup, a Humanitarian Emergency Is Underway in Myanmar
By Robert Bociaga
A looming humanitarian disaster proves the West’s unwillingness to counter the junta.
August 19, 2021
Southeast Asia Facing ‘Critical’ Weeks in COVID-19 Fight: Red Cross
By Sebastian Strangio
In recent weeks, the region has seen more than twice as many deaths from the coronavirus than North America.
August 18, 2021
How One Myanmar Village is Fighting the COVID-19 Outbreak
By Myat Myat Mon
Without any support from the military regime, hundreds of thousands of villages in Myanmar are crying out for help.
August 18, 2021
Amid COVID-19 Crisis, UK Calls for Humanitarian Pause in Myanmar
By Sebastian Strangio
The country currently faces a fatal combination of political upheaval, stalled vaccination efforts, and escalating outbreaks of the virus.
August 13, 2021
Myanmar’s Former Military Dictator Hospitalized Due to COVID-19
By Sebastian Strangio
Than Shwe's illness is paralleled by the collapse of the crafted system of semi-democracy that he engineered.
August 11, 2021
China Announces Aid Dispersal to Myanmar’s Military Junta
By Sebastian Strangio
Can Western democracies offer similar aid without legitimizing Myanmar's military administration?
July 23, 2021
Myanmar Shadow Government Forms COVID-19 Task Force
By Sebastian Strangio
The National Unity Government hopes to capitalize on the junta's incompetent response to the current COVID-19 surge.
July 21, 2021
Yunnan Sees COVID-19 Spike as Myanmar Slides Toward ‘Super-Spreader’ State
By Sebastian Strangio
The former head of the Myanmar's COVID-19 response says the country could be facing "up to 400,000" dead.
July 20, 2021
As Delta Variant Rages in Southeast Asia, Health Workers Warned Not to Speak Out
By Alifah Zainuddin
The pandemic has highlighted deep-rooted problems in health service. Medical workers voicing out their concerns have put governments on the defensive.
July 19, 2021
Myanmar Plunges Into Deadly Third COVID-19 Wave
By Naw Theresa
COVID-19 vaccination efforts have become fatally entangled in the hostilities unleashed by the February coup.
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