Taking a break: Red Cross members resting inside their tent next to a new temporary shelter for Covid-19 patients on a football pitch in Yangon. New infections are doubling every week, overwhelming the country’s fragile health system. — AFP
The country has quarantined tens of thousands of people to prevent a coronavirus outbreak from overwhelming its fragile healthcare system but public health experts and doctors say the strategy is on the brink of collapse as infections surge.
The South-East Asian nation is housing more than 45,000 people, including Covid-19 patients as well as those yet to be tested, their close contacts and returning migrant workers, in buildings from schools and monasteries to government offices and tower blocks, mostly run by volunteers.
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