Myanmar citizens face serious problems with medical treatment and supplies in part because of the crackdown by the junta as COVID-19 case numbers appear to be growing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Residents across the coup-hit country’s biggest city of Yangon defied a military curfew in a desperate search for oxygen to keep their loved ones with COVID-19 breathing, according to reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Residents told AFP they had slipped out in the dead of night to secure spots in lines to refill oxygen cylinders – dismissing claims from the country’s military rulers that there is more than enough to go around.https:\/\/5ea41f89436989b3f27e197d0536b598.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-38\/html\/container.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Medical treatment in Myanmar is patchy and even before the coup and the COVID-19 pandemic the country was not known for good health care \u2013 those who could afford it typically flying to neighbouring Thailand where facilities are first class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is unclear what type of treatment is provided for people suffering with symptoms of COVID-19. There are effective treatment regimens for those caught in the early stage of the disease. Oxygen is typically prescribed for those with serious symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Currently, what is also unclear is how much testing is being done with the PCR test, a notoriously ineffective way to test for COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Worldwide, as the virus shows little sign of easing, the World Health Organization (WHO) is working towards the second phase of an investigation into where COVID-19 originated, and urged China on Thursday to better cooperate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus demanded more access to raw data after a report compiled by a team of independent experts in Wuhan earlier this year was widely criticised for lack of transparency and access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Claims of origin vary from a natural cause to the virus being made in a lab and accidently or deliberately being leaked. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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