Myanmar’s coup chief says Russia will shoot two million COVIDs in Coronavirus pandemic News

Myanmar reported 4,320 cases on Friday, a record second day and 63 deaths, respectively, as protests against the coup continue.

Myanmar’s military authority has announced that Russia will send two million doses of coronavirus vaccine as of this month, as the Southeast Asian country has reported another record of COVID-19 cases and deaths.

General Min Aung Hlaing, who led a coup against the government elected by Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, said the virus was spreading rapidly in Myanmar and senior Russian defense officials told him he was on his way to help with vaccines.

“I have been told that I want two million and that they will give it up,” he said in a statement from Army-owned Myawaddy TV.

Myanmar reported 4,320 cases on Friday, a record second day in a row and 63 deaths.

Min Aung Hlaing said last month that he was looking for seven million doses of Russian vaccines.

Myanmar is in the midst of the worst wave of infection to date, as the military seized power in an effort to manage an outbreak caused by the nation’s political chaos.

A prisoner COVID has also been reported in his prisons, including the infamous Insein, where at least 40 inmates tested positive on Thursday.

At the beginning of the pandemic, many inmates in Insein prison became ill and some died, but there were few COVID-19 inmates for the inmates.

Overall, some health experts say Myanmar’s real infection rate could be much higher because of the coup and the fall of health workers since they joined the strikes in the protests.

A hug from Moscow

Russia is one of the few countries that has openly embraced the military government, which has been condemned for a global coup and deadly repression against pro-democracy groups.

The military government has said most of those killed or arrested are “terrorists” who incite violence.

Min Aung Hlaing said Myanmar is eager to make its COVID-19 vaccines and that Russia wants to cooperate and send a delegation to inspect its production plant this month. He didn’t practice.

As the COVID pandemic is raging, protests against the military government also continue in various parts of the country.

Demonstrators in Hpakant (Kachin) marched against the Myanmar military junta this afternoon (July 9).

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In the Launglon district of Tanintharyi district, disguised protesters went on a dawn strike on Saturday to denounce Min Aung Hlaing, demanding the return of civilian authority, according to social media posts.

In Pyikyi Takon, Mandalay, Kachin state, several protesters, including a monk, held a candle light calling for the overthrow of the military dictatorship on Friday night.

The photos also showed women from Wuntho township in the Sagaing district praying for peace in Myanmar and protesting against the military leadership.

The arrests also continued, with security forces arresting five civilians who searched Thaketan’s house and detained him without a warrant, including the mother of a protester and his two brothers, according to social media.

Speaking on Friday, Acting National Union Prime Minister Duwa Lashi said the military “is using the outbreak of the virus as an opportunity to suppress the opposition and has no sympathy for the suffering of the public.”

Human rights groups, according to the Political Prisoners Support Association, have killed 898 people since the coup began by the military government. At least 5,127 people have been arrested or sentenced so far while 1,963 have been arrested.