Under-resourced hospitals are turning patients away, triggering panic buying of oxygen; the junta has responded by banning sales to individuals.
Beijing is believed to support the northern Shan-based SSPP and to distrust their Shan rivals, the RCSS.
Four new corruption charges have been filed against the ousted civilian leader, adding to the six charges she already faces.
More than 220 students have tested positive with coronavirus in Maijayang on the Chinese border inside Kachin State, Myanmar.
At least seven regime soldiers reportedly killed in all-day battle between Kayah ethnic armed group and the Myanmar military.
The 79-year-old legal adviser, U Nyan Win, who was detained on the morning of the Feb. 1 coup, was infected with coronavirus in Insein Prison.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and U Win Myint shared their concerns with their lawyers ahead of their trial hearings on Monday.
As the third wave of the pandemic sweeps across the country, there are fears that the number of deaths and new infections is being underreported by the junta.
Friday sees 64 deaths—the highest since the Feb. 1 coup—and 4,320 new cases; junta says China, Russia providing vaccines and unveils plan for Myanmar to make its own.
Migrant factory workers in Mae Sot are struggling to pay rent and buy food, and lack proper access to health care, rights organizations trying to assist them say.
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