Suu Kyi leads the way in Myanmar elections as country's Covid-19 cases goes above 50,000


A medical volunteer castin her ballot in a mobile polling station inside a Covid-19 coronavirus medical centre in Yangon on as advance voting in the country's elections began for medical staff working in medical centres treating Covid-19 coronavirus ahead of the the November 8th general election. - AFP

NAYPYIDAW, Oct 30 (AFP): Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi (pic, below) cast her ballot ahead of election day next week with hundreds of thousands of elderly voters across the country expected to follow suit to reduce the risk of coronavirus.

Wearing a face mask, rubber gloves and her trademark flowers in her hair, Suu Kyi was one of the first in the country to vote in the capital, Naypyidaw.

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