Myanmar reports over 1,000 new COVID-19 cases

Students wait to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at a vaccination site in Yangon, Myanmar, Oct. 17, 2021. The number of COVID-19 infections in Myanmar has increased to 487,853 on Sunday after 1,002 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Ministry of Health. (Xinhua/U Aung)