Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon has pleaded for urgent medical aid as the third wave of Covid-19 worsens in coup-hit Myanmar.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet all those who hold the guns, in the name of the Lord, we plead, drop all guns, bring medical care at once,\u201d he said in a homily on July 18.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnite to save lives. Our people need care, medicine and food. Let all doctors come forth to save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
The prelate said the Southeast Asian nation is facing three major challenges: Covid, conflict and the collapse of the economy.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut now every breath has become a challenge. Day and night thousands are struggling to breathe. This deadly pandemic is stealing the basic gift of nature. Oxygen which is freely available in the air has suddenly become a precious commodity for which people are queuing up day and night.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cardinal Bo decried the lack of medical personnel and volunteers as the Covid crisis spirals out of control.<\/p>\n
As a human family, we face an existential threat. Starvation, anxiety and fear occupy their hearts<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\u201cHospitals are full. Cemeteries have long queues of dead bodies. Many die without saying goodbye, without seeing their loved ones,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
His appeal comes when hospitals are full of patients and people are desperately searching for oxygen for their loved ones at home after the surge of cases in the impoverished nation.<\/p>\n
Photographs on social media showed long queues of residents in Yangon, Mandalay and Kalay trying to refill oxygen cylinders. Residents in Yangon, the commercial hub, are defying a military-imposed curfew to look for oxygen.<\/p>\n
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Amid restrictions on taking oxygen from private factories and a crackdown on health workers, the spike in cases is the latest blow to a country reeling from the Feb. 1 coup and a bloody crackdown on protesters that has claimed more than 900 lives.<\/p>\n
Cardinal Bo, who is president of the Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of Myanmar, said Covid was making a \u201cmerciless attack” on simple people who were already wounded by months of conflict, death and displacement.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a human family, we face an existential threat. Starvation, anxiety and fear occupy their hearts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The prelate said at least 20 percent of Myanmar\u2019s people could have been infected. About 90 percent of towns have reported cases.<\/p>\n
\u201cApocalypse not yet, but if there is no conversion of hearts, many thousands will be buried in the coming months,\u201d Cardinal Bo warned.<\/p>\n
The crisis is particularly lethal because of the pervasive mistrust of the junta<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nTom Andrews, UN special rapporteur on Myanmar, said the military junta lacks the resources, capabilities and legitimacy to bring the crisis under control.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe crisis is particularly lethal because of the pervasive mistrust of the junta,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
On July 18, Myanmar recorded 5,497 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 233 deaths, taking total infections to 224,236 and the death toll to 4,769, according to the junta-controlled Health Ministry.<\/p>\n
Public experts believe the actual death toll could be higher than the official figure.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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