Health care workers accused the army of putting their interests above coping with the coronavirus pandemic.

Also on Tuesday, crowds staged the first widespread protest since the coup.

Demonstrators banging on pots and pans called for Su Chi's release and the recognition of her victory in November's election.

Well, for more now we can speak to journalists Dave Gruenebaum, who has been covering that the country for several years.

He joins us from Kuala Lumpur.

Dave, what more can you tell us about the protests?

Yeah, well, that's quite a stand.

Last night these were really where we started seeing the first signs of civil disobedience from the public.

As you said, people were honking their horns, they were on the streets and from there back on these banging pots and pans is a form of protest on the Myanmar Civil disobedience Group said that at 70 hospitals and medical centers, as you said in 30 different communities across the country, that doctors and medical workers are not working, that they've walked off the job addition you may see boycotts and military linked products.

This could include cell phone services, brands of beer.

The Myanmar military controls a vast array of businesses across the country.

Now, of course, all this leads to the natural father.

Question is, will we at some point in the days or weeks ahead, see mass mobilization mass numbers of people protesting in the streets of Yangon and other cities in the country?

I've spoken to contacts in Myanmar today.

You tell me there are discussions underway about this, but no decisions have been made.

It would be quite a risk for these people to take, because if you look at years past, when there have been these kind of protests during the days of the earlier junta, they often responded with not just violent force but often deadly force.

So there is some serious calculations that have to be made if they want to go that far.

What about Young sans Souci?

Dave?

Do we know where she's being held?

What's going to become of her?

Well, we're not quite clear on what's going to become of her, But a senior NLD official did say on his Facebook page that Wanxiang Souci appears to be in good health and that she's been walking the grounds of her compound in Naypyidaw, the capital.

Now, of course, we have not heard directly from her since the coups happened on Monday.

There was a statement that came out shortly after the coup attributed to her.

But that statement was prepared in advance of the coup as she and her colleagues were anticipating that it might happen.

Meanwhile, the U.

N Security Council Dave has failed to condemn the coup, with China blocking any action.

Why do they block it well?

China has close ties to Myanmar's had closer ties.

Uh, they certainly have business interests in Myanmar economic, political interests.

They during the days of the earlier junta, were there close friends, providing a lot of economic support during this transition.

Over the last 10 years, the transition that ended on Monday, the transition democracy.

They've been losing ground as Western countries have been getting mawr influence inside Myanmar.

For China, there is a chance to regain a lot of that ground that they have lost.

So that's a big reason why China, you're seeing a much more tepid response here from them.

Dave, thank you very much for your insights.