MYANMAR, July 7 (Eleven Media Group/ANN) - Kalay, a town located upstream from Mandalay, is in dire need of oxygen as the number of deaths is climbing daily and many people are ill, sources said.
“About 170 people died this week. Over 40 funerals were held at a cemetery on July 6 and the number of funerals in the villages are not counted. Mortality rate is increasing day by day. It is irregular. Twenty-seven people were killed for two days in a row in recent days. There were about 40 deaths yesterday. Another thing is we cannot collect specific data. In some villages, they arranged the funerals themselves. I think very few people died from other diseases. All people we help die of COVID-19. So we conducted the funerals using personal protective equipment (PPEs). If their deaths are not suspected cases of COVID-19, we haven’t been asked to wear PPEs,” said Ye Thiha Aung from Kayankan Myitta social welfare association.
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