Myanmar's de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi wearing a facemask and gloves, due to the coronavirus pandemic, is seen waiting with her dog before meeting supporters of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party as they drive past in Naypyidaw on Saturday (Sept 19, 2020). - AFP
YANGON, Sept 19 (Bloomberg): Myanmar will hold the Nov 8 general election as planned by ensuring social distancing measures at polling stations across the country even as Covid-19 cases surge, an election commission official said.
"We don’t have any plan to postpone the general election for Covid-19 reason,” Myint Naing, a member of the Union Election Commission, told reporters in an online briefing on Saturday. The commission has a strategy to prevent the virus from spreading at polling stations, in line with the health ministry’s guidelines, he said.
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