Independent ethnic organizations that have been providing health care in Myanmar after the collapse of the country's central health system are now facing serious challenges of their own. Among them: A fierce new wave of COVID-19 cases.
on needed supplies, restricting the sale of oxygen and halting the distribution of personal protective equipment in what human rights activists have called a blatant bid to consolidate power and crush opposition.
Several ethnic organizations across the country have even been able to inoculate their residents after obtaining vaccines from China, which has strengthened its COVID-19 response on the border to stop infections in Myanmar from crossing over. Such vaccinations have taken place in the regions of Kachin, Shan and Wa, all of which border China.
The pandemic has prompted neighboring countries to nearly completely seal the borders, cutting off those options, Bell said. “Even before this wave of COVID-19, they had patients dying because they couldn’t be evacuated,” she said of the border health providers. “Those networks could be built up again very quickly as key mechanisms — it’s one of the fastest and most efficient ways to get aid” into the country, she said. “We can’t wait for a political resolution to solve this situation.”
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