A health worker administers a first dose of the Indian-made Covishield COVID-19 vaccine at the Basic Education High School No. 4 in Botahtaung Township, Yangon, on February 5. (Frontier)
A health worker administers a first dose of the Indian-made Covishield COVID-19 vaccine at the Basic Education High School No. 4 in Botahtaung Township, Yangon, on February 5. (Frontier)

Anti-military defiance slows COVID-19 vaccination to a trickle

A health sector strike and an uneven public boycott of coronavirus jabs under the military regime has made even Myanmar’s modest vaccination goals seem delusional.

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