In the country’s agricultural heartland, threats posed to villagers across the Global South have collided head-on
Nay Moe Swe Kyaw, who runs a free meal program for residents of Magway, says since the Omicron variant hit the region six months ago, around 100 people queue outside the town’s passport office each day. While some in the trucks are destined to Japan or Singapore to finish their education, China and Thailand are preferred by those seeking work.
“Our farmland, which was previously 100% productive, saw output levels drop to between 60 and 40% per acre,” she said.
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