Myanmar rebel leader says Russia will provide two million COVID | Coronavirus News Plague

Myanmar also reported 4,320 cases on Friday, the next day in a row, with 63 deaths, as anti-government protests continue.

Myanmar’s military commander has announced that Russia will send one million coronavirus vaccines this month, just as Southeast Asia reported cases of COVID-19 deaths and deaths.

General Min Aung Hlaing, who led a February 1 campaign against the government elected by Aung San Suu Kyi, said the virus was spreading rapidly in Myanmar and that Russian security officials had informed him that immunization was imminent.

“I told them I wanted two million and they gave it,” he told Myawaddy television.

Myanmar filed 4,320 cases on Friday, the next day in a row, with 63 deaths.

Min Aung Hlaing said last month that he wanted three types of Russian vaccines.

Myanmar is still in the grip of an epidemic, and efforts to eradicate it have been hampered by the ongoing civil war.

There are also reports that the COVID epidemic has exploded inside its prisons, in addition to the infamous Insein, where at least 40 inmates are said to have been found on Thursday.

At the beginning of the epidemic, many inmates in Insein’s prison became ill and some died, but there was little COVID-19 testing for inmates.

Overall, some health experts said the actual incidence of the disease in Myanmar should be very high, due to the fall of trials since the government resumed and health workers joined the protests.

The embrace of Moscow

Russia is one of the few countries that has openly endorsed a military government, which has been criticized worldwide for its corruption and aggression against pro-democracy groups.

The military has said many of those killed or detained were “terrorists” inciting violence.

Min Aung Hlaing said Myanmar was interested in developing its own COVID-19 vaccine and that Russia wanted to work together to send a delegation to visit its production facilities this month. He didn’t explain it very well.

As the COVID epidemic spreads, anti-government protests continue in several parts of the country.

Protesters in Hpakant, Kachin, marched against the Myanmar army this afternoon (Jul 9).

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In Launglon township in Tanintharyi state, protesters staged a protest on Saturday against Min Aung Hlaing, calling for the government’s return to power, according to a press release.

At Pyikyi Takon in Mandalay, Kachin state, a number of protesters, including a monk, went on strike on Friday night in protest of a military coup.

Pictures also show women in Wuntho town in Sagaing state praying for peace in Myanmar and protesting against security officials.

Arrests have continued, with security reports entering a house in Thaketa and arresting them without the consent of five citizens, including the defendant’s mother and two of her relatives, according to media reports.

In a statement on Friday, opposition National Unity Government President Duwa Lashi said the military “has been using the virus as an opportunity to crack down on dissidents and has no sympathy for human suffering”.

According to the human rights group, the Assistance Association for Political Prison, 898 people have been killed by the military since the attack began. At least 5,127 people are currently being held or sentenced while 1,963 have escaped arrest.