Myanmar at this point is suffering from a double disaster or a double crisis. - AFP
WASHINGTON (The Straits Times/ANN): Worries are mounting that Myanmar could become the epicentre of a Covid-19 explosion, as thousands displaced due to fresh conflict flee their towns and villages and live in jungles in remote border areas far from any healthcare system, in a state veering into collapse.
"Myanmar at this point is suffering from a double disaster or a double crisis," Dr Abhishek Rimal, Kuala Lumpur-based regional emergency health coordinator at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), told Asian Insider.
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