Six months post-coup: 'We only have ourselves'Volunteers in protective suits carry a Covid-19 patient as they relocate patients from a flooded field hospital in the Karen state of Myawaddy in Myanmar during the week. These are among the survival skills that many people in Myanmar are using these days, six months after the February military coup. "Now I'm afraid of going outside and I dare not pick up calls from unknown people," said one schoolteacher who continues to stay away from her work with the government. THE PRESENT MOMENTBut it is the here and now that people live in -- and like the Covid-19 pandemic, an end to the crisis is not within sight. Even though I save money, not spending spend much money, I'm afraid that one day, I won't be able to make it."

Source: Bangkok Post July 31, 2021 04:41 UTC