Yangon residents have been holed up at home in the run-up to Myanmar's Nov 8 general election because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Many were hooked on social media which was awash in red. The ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) ran campaigns elsewhere, flying its red fighting peacock flag on Facebook, and on cars, boats and bullock carts.
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