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Activists allege Myanmar leaders are ‘weaponizing’ COVID-19

FILE - In this July 28, 2021, file photo, people wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus ride a tricycle to transport goods in Shwe Pyi Thar township in Yangon, Myanmar. With coronavirus deaths rising in Myanmar, there are growing allegations from residents and human rights activists that the military government, which seized control in February, is using the pandemic to consolidate power and crush opposition. (AP Photo, File) FILE - In this July 27, 2021, file photo, ferry passengers wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk past a "Stop COVID-19" poster at the Pansodan jetty in Yangon, Myanmar. With coronavirus deaths rising in Myanmar, there are growing allegations from residents and human rights activists that the military government, which seized control in February, is using the pandemic to consolidate power and crush opposition. (AP Photo, File) FILE - In this July 14, 2021, file photo, people wearing face masks wait as caskets with bodies are queued outside a crematorium at the Yay Way cemetery in Yangon, Myanmar. With coronavirus deaths rising in Myanmar, there are growing allegations from residents and human rights activists that the military government, which seized control in February, is using the pandemic to consolidate power and crush opposition. (AP Photo, File) FILE - In this July 28, 2021, file photo, A man carries an oxygen tank while walking past people waiting with oxygen tanks in need of refill outside the Naing oxygen factory at the South Dagon industrial zone in Yangon, Myanmar. Supplies of medical oxygen are running low, and the government has put restrictions on its private sale in many places, saying it is trying to prevent hoarding. (AP Photo, File) FILE - In this July 28, 2021, file photo, Buddhist monk wearing a face mask holds an oxygen tank for refill outside the Naing oxygen factory at the South Dagon industrial zone in Yangon, Myanmar. Supplies of medical oxygen are running low, and the government has put restrictions on its private sale in many places, saying it is trying to prevent hoarding. (AP Photo, File)