Suu Kyi in line to get vaccine early as Myanmar readies rollout

In this photo released by the Indian Embassy in Myanmar, boxes of the Covishield vaccine that were delivered from India are unloaded at the tarmac of the Yangon International Airport Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar on Friday received its first shipment of Covid-19 vaccine, a government-to-government gift of 1.5 million doses from India. - AP

YANGON, Jan 25 (Bloomberg): Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi alongside health workers will be among the first to receive Covid-19 vaccine this week as the South-East Asian nation seeks to stem the coronavirus outbreak and further relax containment measures.

Frontline healthcare workers will get the shots from Wednesday, according to Khin Khin Gyi, director of emerging infectious disease at Myanmar’s Ministry of Health and Sports. Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and cabinet members will be inoculated the following day in capital Naypyidaw.