Ko Chan Lian, center, executive director of the domestic election observation group the Hornbill Organization – seen here with a coworker at the group's office in East Dagon Township, Yangon on July 14 – said the coronavirus has seriously hobbled the group's plans for the November election. (Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe | Frontier)

Nimble poll watchers adapt to COVID-19 restrictions

The pandemic has wreaked havoc with the plans of domestic election observation groups, but an agile response to travel restrictions means the vote will not go unwatched.

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