Six pregnant women have so far died with Covid-19 in Arakan State during the pandemic’s ongoing third wave, with some having passed before delivering their babies, according to a DMG tally of the death toll to date.

Some IDP camps in Arakan State are facing food shortages as they have not been provided food supplies regularly amid concern about Covid-19 infections, according to managers of the camp. 

The United League of Arakan (ULA) warned merchants in Arakan State not to overcharge for basic foodstuffs.

Despite a Covid-19 death toll that increases daily in Arakan State, some people’s adherence to virus preventive regulations remains weak, said Daw Saw San Nyein Thu, chair of the Rakhine Women’s Initiative Organisation. 

Joint teams of military, police and immigration personnel are stopping and checking vehicle traffic in some Arakan State townships in the afternoons and evenings, raising concerns among residents.

Organisers of efforts to set up a self-help oxygen plant in Manaung town, Arakan State, said they have arranged to run the facility by generator as the electricity supply is not sufficient to operate it using the power grid. 

Arakan State’s military government decided at an August 6 meeting to include internally displaced people (IDPs) above the age of 65 in an ongoing coronavirus vaccination campaign that will target 100,000 people statewide in a prioritised first tier of eligible individuals. 

Buddhist nuns at nunneries in the Arakan State capital Sittwe are facing difficulties with food and medical costs during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

The United League of Arakan (ULA), the Arakan Army’s political wing, on August 7 issued a warning to merchants not to overcharge for basic foodstuffs in Arakan State.

About 10 villages in Arakan State’s Taungup Township are facing flooding due to incessant rains and downpours, according to locals.

A woman who had tested positive for Covid-19 delivered a baby on Wednesday at Kyaukphyu District General Hospital and later died, said the Lay Waddy Kula Rekhita charity group in Kyaukphyu town. 

Residents of some townships in Arakan State have found it difficult to properly dispose of household waste during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to locals. 

In concluding remarks at the latest meeting of the Peace Process Steering Team (PPST), one of the grouping’s leaders, Colonel Khun Okkar, recognised the roles of both revolutionaries and politicians in Myanmar’s current, politically fraught moment. 

6 August 2021, SittwThe Charity Youths Organization, a local philanthropic group in the Arakan State capital Sittwe, will provide food assistance to 200 families who are facing livelihood hardships during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Peace Process Steering Committee (PPST) said in a statement on August 5 that the military government’s recent annulment of the 2020 election results was a setback for the country’s democratic transition.

The United League of Arakan and Arakan Army (ULA/AA) have jointly issued a statement urging people in Arakan State to stay in their homes to prevent the spread of Covid-19, acknowledging that in some places individuals who do not follow pandemic-related rules are punished.

Bus fares are increasing on routes to Sittwe, Ponnagyun, Kyauktaw, Mrauk-U and Minbya townships in Arakan State, according to drivers and passengers. 

Two oxygen plants in Arakan State’s Thandwe and Mrauk-U townships that had suspended operations for different reasons restarted production on August 5, officials from the facilities said. 

The Tatmadaw conducted checks on some houses in Gyogar Kwin village, part of Arakan State’s Taungup Township, after an unidentified group abducted a village official.