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In this July 28, 2021, file photo, Buddhist monk wearing a face mask holds an oxygen tank for refill outside the Naing oxygen factory at the South Dagon industrial zone in Yangon, Myanmar. Supplies of medical oxygen are running low, and the government has put restrictions on its private sale in many places, saying it is trying to prevent hoarding. Photo: UNB/AP
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Myanmar leaders use pandemic as political weapon

Myanmar’s Deputy Information Minister Zaw Min Tun did not respond to questions about the allegations

A medical staff wearing a protective suit stands near an ambulance, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Yangon, Myanmar, September 27, 2020. Photo :Reuters
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Myanmar junta seeks international cooperation over Covid-19 crisis

Relative sits with a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) patient in the town of Kale, Sagaing Region, Myanmar, May 31, 2021. Picture taken May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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Myanmar floods, coup, complicate growing Covid-19 outbreak

Relative sits with a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) patient in the town of Kale, Sagaing Region, Myanmar, May 31, 2021. Picture taken May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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Myanmar to use Chinese vaccines to fight Covid-19 in border area

Volunteers pray in front of bodies of people who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during their funeral at a cemetery in Mandalay, Myanmar July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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Myanmar military accused of arresting doctors while COVID-19 infections rise

Passengers wearing protective suits (PPE) line up to board their plane for an international flight at Hong Kong airport amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), China July 9, 2021. Photo: REUTERS
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China Reports Spike in New Coronavirus Cases on Border With Myanmar

A soldier uses a mobile phone as he sit inside a military vehicle outside Myanmar's Central Bank during a protest against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar, February 15, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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Opponents of Myanmar coup hold protests on Martyrs' Day holiday

Volunteers pray in front of bodies of people who died due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), during their funeral at a cemetery in Mandalay, Myanmar July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
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Covid response runs underground in junta-ruled Myanmar

Volunteers pray in front of bodies of people who died due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), during their funeral at a cemetery in Mandalay, Myanmar July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
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Myanmar funeral services overwhelmed as Covid toll mounts

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US calls for ASEAN action on Myanmar, rejects China maritime claims

Demonstrators march on a street during a protest in Yangon, Myanmar July 1, 2021, in this screen grab taken from a video obtained by Reuters.
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Myanmar anti-coup activists protest as US seeks regional action

A volunteer tests the blood pressure of a coronavirus (Covid-19) patient in the town of Kale, Sagaing Region, Myanmar, July 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
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Myanmar's Covid crisis worsens as mistrust of junta infects health system

A child wears a face mask as Myanmar migrant worker families pass their time under barricade lockdown at Samut Sakhon Shrimp in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
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Desperate Myanmar residents queue for oxygen as Covid-19 cases surge