Myanmar's COVID crisis worsens as mistrust of junta infects health system

Volunteers treat a coronavirus (COVID-19) patient in the town of Kale, Sagaing Region, Myanmar, July 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

(Reuters) - When Ma Yati felt weak and feverish and lost her sense of smell, she had no doubt she had COVID-19.

But even with up to 30 people a day dying of the coronavirus in her home town of Kale in western Myanmar, she decided it was better to hole up in a room at home than get an official test or enter a quarantine centre.