Voters in Myanmar headed to the polls on Sunday in the country’s second election since military rule ended in 2011, with de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her ruling National League for Democracy poised to win another term.
Millions are expected to cast their ballots even as the Southeast Asian nation fights to contain a surging coronavirus epidemic. The Union Election Commission has pledged that preventive measures at the polling stations will minimize voters’ risks of getting infected.
In the Taikkyi township in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, hundreds of voters lined up before polling stations opened at 6 a.m. local time. Social distancing was enforced, along with temperature checks, while election officers handed out masks and face shields to those entering the voting area.