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Monday February 01 2021
In this file photo taken on July 19, 2018, Myanmar s Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of the Myanmar armed forces, salutes to pay his respects to Myanmar independence hero General Aung San and eight others assassinated in 1947, during a ceremony to mark the 71th anniversary of Martyrs Day in Yangon. AFP PHOTO
Summary
The November poll was won in a landslide by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) but the military has disputed the results of the vote.
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After taking credit for restoring Myanmar s democracy but then watching the military get smashed in elections, the country s top general has seized power just months away from official retirement.
The Edition
Nafaahath Ibrahim
01 February 2021, MVT 15:42
A nurse attending a COVID positive patient at the Hulhumale Medical facility. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI / MIHAARU
Nafaahath Ibrahim
01 February 2021, MVT 15:42
Maldives ranked at 25 for its performance in managing global pandemic by Australia’s Lowy Institute.
According to the institute, their interactive platform explores how countries managed the pandemic to date following their hundredth confirmed case of COVID-19.
”Countries have been sorted into broad categories by regions, political systems, population size, and economic development to determine whether significant variations exist between different types of states in the handling of the pandemic.”
Their rankings are based on publicly available for 98 counties and comparable data on the virus. s
Aung San Suu Kyi is feeling well and taking walks in the grounds of her home after she was detained by the army as part of Myanmar coup - as world leaders demand her release
Aung San Suu Kyi, the de-facto leader of Myanmar, has been arrested along with the country s president
She is feeling well and taking walks around her official residence where she is being held, spokesperson said
Arrests were carried out by the military early Monday as generals staged a coup against the government
Comes after Suu Kyi s party won last year s election by a landslide, leading to fears among military leaders that she would try to reform the constitution to remove their grip on power
Home Vietnam rushes to contain outbreak of more contagious Covid variant
Vietnam rushes to contain outbreak of more contagious Covid variant
Virus is spreading in northern provinces after almost two months without any infections
World Economy News
29 Jan 2021 • 2 min read
Vietnam is preparing for as many as 30,000 new Covid-19 cases as the more infectious variant of the virus first detected in the UK spreads through the north of the country.
The country’s health ministry reported nine new coronavirus cases on Friday in four northern provinces and the capital Hanoi, bringing the total number of local transmissions reported this week to 91.
New Zealand, Vietnam, Taiwan responded best to COVID: Lowy Institute
Australia’s Lowy Institute has found New Zealand, Vietnam and Taiwan mounted the best response to the pandemic in the 36 weeks after reaching 100 confirmed cases of the virus.
New Zealand scored 94.4 to top the think-tank’s performance ranking, followed by Vietnam on 90.8 and Taiwan with 86.4. Brazil was at the bottom of the ranking, with the United States fifth from bottom.
China was not included “due to a lack of publicly available data on testing”, the think-tank said. It evaluated 98 countries and territories.
Bringing it together: there are no easy answers for what kinds of countries have done better or worse with COVID. Certain types of countries aren’t doomed to failure or destined for success. Policy + health measures matter, and there’s a lot of nuance in the COVID narrative (7/8)