‘People eat rats’ in lockdown


On the hunt: A man preparing a rat trap in hopes of catching a meal in a slum area of Yangon. — Reuters

AFTER the first wave of coronavirus hit Myanmar in March, 36-year-old Ma Suu closed her salad stall and pawned her jewelry and gold to buy food to eat.

During the second wave, when the government issued a stay-home order in September for Yangon, Ma Suu shut her stall again and sold her clothes, plates and pots.

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