ABSTRACT
The land of the Shwedagon has been hit by the pandemic with the country struggling to protect the lives and livelihoods of its people. The chapter attempts to look at various aspects of the rupture emanating from the restrictions imposed in Myanmar on account of the pandemic: from sudden changes in its border political economy to repercussions on critical sectors like tourism and garment manufacturing; from its adverse effect on the marginalised to the multiple ways in which grass-root organisations have reached out to the people. The chapter is an attempt to not only highlight the challenges faced by Myanmar during the pandemic but also bring forth the similarities in distress across frontiers.
