Myanmar’s military ruler sought greater cooperation with the international community to load Coronavirus, the country’s media reported on Wednesday, as Southeast Asian countries struggled with waves of soaring infections.
Senior Min Aung Hlaing calls for more cooperation about prevention, control, and Covid-19 treatment, including with fellow Association members of the Southeast Asian and “friendly countries”, Myanmar’s global new lights reported.
The Junta leader said vaccination needs to be improved, through doses donated and by developing domestic production, assisted by Russia, the newspaper said, added that Myanmar would seek the release of ASEAN Covid-19 funds funds.
Myanmar recently received two million more Chinese vaccines, but was believed to be only vaccinated by around 3.2% of the population, according to Reuters trackers.
There is a desperate effort by people to find oxygen in many parts of the country.
Myanmar’s news portal now, quoting witnesses, reported that at least eight people died at Yangon’s hospital on weekends after the pipe oxygen system failed.
Reuters cannot independently confirm the North Okcalapa General Hospital and General Hospital and Ministry of Health spokesman cannot be contacted immediately for comments.
Infection in Myanmar has soared since June, with 4,964 cases and 338 deaths were reported on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health data quoted in the media.
Medical and funeral services put the toll road much higher.
Myanmar has been in chaos since the military overthrew the elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, with regular protests and battles between soldiers and newly formed militias.
Last week, the prisoners at Yangon protested for what activists said were the main playpes of Covid-19 in the prison prison of the colonial era, where many pro-democracy protesters were arrested.
Efforts to overcome the plague have been increasingly hampered by some of the worst floods in the years in East Myanmar.
The military has emerged the outer assistance in the last disaster, especially if it believes the string, forces the Myanmar to help each other, even though the previous Junta did enable in help through ASEAN after a destructive typhoon in 2008.
Although Min Aung Hlaing approved the ASEAN peace plan Achieved in April, the military has shown a few signs of followers through it and instead repeats its own plan, completely different to restore regularity and democracy.
The military confirmed his cord by accusing the Suu Kyi party manipulating votes in November general elections to secure a landslide victory.
The election commission at the time and outside observers rejected complaints.
But in further marks of the clutal tightening of the junta on power, the military election commission appointed by the military this week officially canceled the results of November, saying the voting was not in line with the constitutional law and the selection and not “free and fair”, troops.
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Myanmar Junta looks for international cooperation over the Covid crisis
