This week, the regime made amateurish attempts to discredit the silent strike and manipulate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and dealt another blow to the devastated health sector.
Around 10 Mandalay Region villagers are still missing after being seized last Thursday in response to a resistance attack on the Yangon-Mandalay highway.
Despite warnings from regime forces, streets were deserted and businesses shuttered across the country as people stayed at home to show their rejection of military rule.