Poor planning and communication from sub-commissions and a byzantine election bureaucracy left hundreds of quarantined and COVID-19-infected voters in Yangon Region unable to cast their ballots.
Public health experts have warned that the election is likely to lead to an increase in COVID-19 cases, largely due to supporters gathering for victory.
Lost income, transportation shutdowns, quarantine mandates and a general fear of the coronavirus are causing deadly disruptions to cancer patients’ treatment regimes – deaths that will not make the official pandemic statistics.
In the third and final episode in Frontier’s election talk show series, party leaders and civil society leaders discuss development, the power of the youth vote.
