Myanmar Denials Define COVID-19 Response

Expand Myanmar military representatives stand during a regular session of the Union Parliament, March. 11, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo In a world beset by the coronavirus pandemic, denial is becoming an increasingly rare commodity - but don't tell that to Myanmar's government, which still claims there are no cases of COVID-19 in the country. Astonishingly, government spokesperson Zaw Htay pronounced that the absence of reported infections to date is due to Myanmar's "lifestyle and diet....