Pregnant woman at Kyauktaw Twsp IDP camp tests positive for Covid-19

By DMG 22 Sep 2021

DMG Newsroom
22 September 2021, Kyauktaw

An expectant mother from Taungmin Kalar camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, tested positive for coronavirus this week, camp manager U Aung Kyaw Win told DMG.

A medical officer from Kansauk rural health centre confirmed that the pregnant woman had been diagnosed with Covid-19 at around 4 p.m. on September 21, he said.

“There were two people in our camp who lost their sense of smell, so the doctor from Apaukwa rural hospital came to check on the two at about 2 o’clock yesterday. The two were taken to hospital for medical checkups. Only then did we get this confirmation,” he added.

The woman who was infected with Covid-19 is four months pregnant and is currently being treated at the Apaukwa rural hospital.

“Currently, her house is locked down at the instruction of the Department of Health. Their families were not allowed out, and others were not allowed in,” he said.

Ko Aung Kyaw Win continued that the discovery of coronavirus in a pregnant woman was a concern for children and the elderly in the IDP camp.

About 33 people who had been vaccinated during the third wave of Covid-19 at the Taungmin Kalar IDP camp have been given medical treatment because they were sick and lost sense of smell, said Dr. Than Tun Oo, medical superintendent of Kyauktaw Township Hospital.

Those patients from the IDP camp who lost their sense of smell are said to be recovering. More than 500 displaced people including Arakanese, Mro and Khami are currently taking shelter at Taungmin Kalar IDP camp.

A total of 4,638 cases and 448 deaths were reported in Arakan State during the pandemic’s ongoing third wave, according to figures from the Arakan State Department of Public Health on September 21.