People claiming to have COVID-19-like symptoms line up to take swab tests at the Insein Fever Clinic in Yangon on October 2. (Hkun Lat I Frontier)

Presenting with symptoms: Hospitals struggle against a flood of self-reporting patients

Health officials have denied multiplying online reports of people with COVID-19 symptoms being turned away from hospitals, but admit they’re straining to cope with an influx of patients.

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