Myanmar to Receive 2 Million Vaccine Doses From Russia Amid Surge of COVID-19 Infections, Political Unrest

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Jul 09, 2021 10:05 PM EDT
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Volunteers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) carry a coffin containing the body of a person who died from the Covid-19 coronavirus before it is cremated in Taungoo, Bago region on July 8, 2021.
Myanmar's military general on Friday said that Russia has agreed to provide two million doses of the coronavirus vaccine within the month as the country struggles amid a surge of infections and deaths as well as political unrest due to the February coup.
On February 1, Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar's Chairman of the State Administration Council, was the head of a military coup against Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government. He said that the coronavirus pandemic was quickly spreading throughout the country. He also announced that Russian officials have sent assistance in the form of vaccine distributions to the country.

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