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The deputy commissioner of the Maungdaw District General Administration Department and one of his staff members have tested positive for COVID-19, and five staff members who came in contact with them were quarantined on June 23.
23 Jun 2021
DMG Newsroom
23 June 2021, Maungdaw
The deputy commissioner of the Maungdaw District General Administration Department and one of his staff members have tested positive for COVID-19, and five staff members who came in contact with them were quarantined on June 23.
“The five people who are currently placed under observation at a quarantine centre were tested and one of the five was found to be infected with COVID-19 this morning,” Dr. Nu Kaythi San, medical superintendent of Maungdaw District Hospital, told DMG.
The staffer diagnosed with the deadly virus is a man and women are among those being monitored at the quarantine centre, she added.
The three staff members from the General Administration Department who contracted COVID-19 were infected during a meeting with village administrators who had been in contact with illegal entrants from Bangladesh, according to a staffer from the GAD who declined to be named.
Maungdaw has reported five cases of COVID-19 over recent weeks, including two illegal entrants from Bangladesh and the three staff members from the General Administration Department.
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