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Myanmar doctors in hiding and hunted by the junta as Covid crisis ravages the country
A severe Covid-19 wave is devastating Myanmar -- a country already on its knees following February's military coup -- with people queuing for hours for oxygen in...
Images from the biggest city, Yangon, show families of the sick waiting at oxygen plants in the hopes of refilling tanks, crematoriums packed with mourners and coffins, and funeral workers and volunteers in white hazmat…
- Helen Regan
- CNN
During months of bloody political turmoil, Myanmar’s security forces have killed more than 900 people, including shooting protesters dead in the streets, and laid siege to entire villages.
Thousands have been detained in the ongoing crackdown, with widespread reports of torture…