Now, doctors say, the generals have taken the oxygen that some citizens need to breathe. As the Delta variant of the coronavirus rampages through Myanmar, the military, which seized power in a February coup, has ordered that lifesaving oxygen be denied to private clinics, according to medical workers. The clinics are staffed largely by doctors who oppose the army’s takeover and refuse to work in state hospitals. And it has stopped charities from giving oxygen to people who need it, witnesses and charity workers said. This week, soldiers in the city of Yangon went so far as to fire into a crowd of people lined up to buy oxygen tanks, witnesses said.

Source: International New York Times July 15, 2021 15:22 UTC