Red Cross federation warns of impending Covid-19 danger in post-coup Myanmar laprensalatina.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from laprensalatina.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A sharp rise in COVID-19 cases from new variants in parts of Southeast Asia that had been less affected by the pandemic has prompted new restrictions, factory closures and attempts to rapidly scale up vaccination programs across the region.
The number of new daily COVID-19 cases in Malaysia has soared past India’s on a per capita basis, while total cases in Cambodia, East Timor, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam have all more than doubled in the past month.
Thailand, which was the second country to record infections after China, had won plaudits for containing its first wave of cases, but its death toll
Public hospital services collapsed after doctors and nurses joined strikes in a Civil Disobedience Movement in the forefront of opposition to military rule.
Burundi: Election preparedness DREF operation n°: MDRBI017 Final Report
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On 20 May 2020, Burundi held its presidential elections in line with its Constitution which stipulates the elections to be held every five years. The 2020 elections in Burundi also included Parliamentary and Local communal leaders’ elections.
While the situation in Burundi remained calm with no major incidences of violence or protests before the elections, there were still heightened risk that protests and violence could occur during the elections. Indeed, Burundi has historically been subject to pre- and post-electoral tensions and previously experienced unrest, deaths, injuries, and population movement.