Drivers, pedestrians and vendors fill the streets of Yagon's Hledan Township, as in much of the rest of the city, on November 24, despite stay-at-home orders still officially remaining in effect. (Hkun Lat | Frontier)

Myanmar’s COVID-19 response is at a crossroads, and something has to give

More than two months after they were introduced, residents and officials in Yangon are increasingly ignoring stay-at-home orders, yet the government insists infection rates need to fall before they can be rolled back.

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