NLD staff survey residents of Yangon Region's Hmawbi Township on November 26, after complaints arose over which households did or did not receive payouts under the government's COVID-19 cash relief programme. (Thuya Zaw | Frontier)
NLD staff survey residents of Yangon Region's Hmawbi Township on November 26, after complaints arose over which households did or did not receive payouts under the government's COVID-19 cash relief programme. (Thuya Zaw | Frontier)

‘We’re really struggling’: desperate families seek COVID cash handout

Government officials are sorting through hundreds of thousands of complaints from households that missed out on a November cash transfer, as new research from the World Bank reveals the heavy toll of the pandemic on vulnerable families.

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