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Ex-head of Myanmar's COVID-19 vaccination program arrested

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The former head of Myanmar's COVID-19 immunization program has been arrested and faces charges of high treason for colluding with opponents of the military authorities, state media reported on Monday.

Myanmar's healthcare system and coronavirus prevention measures have collapsed since the army seized power on Feb. 1 and overthrew elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose government had successfully stopped two waves of the virus.Doctors and other medical workers have been at the forefront of a Civil Disobedience Movement , leading strikes that have paralyzed official and private business. Dozens have been arrested and hundreds more are wanted.

"According to her confession, she not only joined the CDM and formed the CDM Core Group together with other CDM doctors and staff but also colluded with terrorist NUG," it said.The paper said she and 11 other doctors would face charges that included high treason, incitement and colluding with an illegal organization.

The arrest of Htar Htar Lin and other doctors was condemned by U.S.-based Physicians for Human Rights.

 

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