Myanmar general says Russia will supply two million vaccines as outbreak worsens

Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's armed forces, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attends the IX Moscow conference on international security in Moscow, Russia June 23, 2021.- Reuters

YANGON, July 9 (Reuters): Myanmar's military ruler has announced that Russia had agreed to supply two million doses of coronavirus vaccine from this month, as the South-East Asian country reported another record in Covid-19 cases and deaths.

Min Aung Hlaing, who led a Feb 1 coup against Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government, said the virus was spreading fast in Myanmar and that senior Russian defence officials had told him help with vaccines was on the way.