Lab technicians test COVID-19 samples at the Department of Medical Research's laboratory in Yangon on May 21, 2020. The country's COVID-19 response, including testing, has ground to a halt in the wakr of the February 1 coup. (Frontier)
Lab technicians test COVID-19 samples at the Department of Medical Research's laboratory in Yangon on May 21, 2020. The country's COVID-19 response, including testing, has ground to a halt in the wake of the February 1 coup. (Frontier)

‘More dangerous than COVID-19’: Anti-military fury leaves SAC pandemic response in shambles

As people crowded onto streets to chant down military rule, the Civil Disobedience Movement quietly dismantled the junta’s ability to test, treat, and inoculate against the coronavirus; many call that a success.

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