News anchors in junta-ruled Myanmar have been told to stop using the English pronunciation for Covid-19, with speculation swirling the word has been culled to ensure more positive coverage amid a deadly spike of cases.
For the previous 18 months, news anchors on state-backed news programmes had used the English “Covid-19” in their reports on the virus that has rampaged across the world, and is now devastating Myanmar.
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