Myanmar government criticised over COVID 19 response

02 December 2020
Myanmar government criticised over COVID 19 response
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo: Myanmar State Counsellor Office

Myanmar’s government is facing growing criticism from physicians and experts over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic as the country’s number of cases surpassed 90,000 for the first time Tuesday and the health crisis continued to hammer the Southeast Asian region in recent weeks, RFA reported.

Maw Maw Oo, a senior emergency physician at the Yangon General Hospital, told RFA’s Myanmar Service that the government must institute measures to more seriously contain the spread of the virus, which has now infected 92,189 people and is spreading to thousands of people daily.

The doctor added that medical staff at the facility are “exhausted” from the long fight working to save patients suffering from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.