(Reuters) Protesters took to the streets of Myanmar for a fifth day on Wednesday, vowing to keep up demonstrations against last weeks military coup even after a woman was shot and critically wounded during clashes the previous day.

The United States and United Nations condemned Tuesdays use of force against the protesters who are demanding the reversal of the Feb. 1 coup and the release of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD).

We cannot stay quiet, youth leader Esther Ze Naw told Reuters. If there is blood shed during our peaceful protests, then there will be more if we let them take over the country.

Thousands of people joined demonstrations in the main city of Yangon. In the capital, Naypyitaw, hundreds of government workers marched in support of a growing civil disobedience campaign.

A group of police in Kayah state in the east joined the protesters and marched in uniform with a sign that said We dont want dictatorship, according to pictures published in media.

There were no reports of violence on Wednesday but soldiers took over a clinic that had been treating wounded protesters in Naypyitaw on Tuesday, a doctor there said.