Herbal plant therapies and other traditional medicine practices may help to treat Covid-19, said the military regime’s health minister, Dr. Thet Khaing Win.

The Charity Youths Organization and Maramargyi Youth Network, two local charitable groups, on Friday donated Covid-19 preventive equipment (PPE) and food supplies to 400 families in the Arakan State capital Sittwe who are facing livelihood hardships amid the pandemic.

A rehabilitation committee has called on the local government to clear landmines and rebuild the houses of the residents of Tinma village, Kyauktaw Township, so that they can safely return home.

Cows from some villages in Manaung Township, Arakan State, are suffering from skin disease, according to cattle farmers.

The Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) signed by several ethnic armed groups is null and void since the military seized power in a coup on February 1, the KNU Concerned Group said on September 2. 

Family members and officials from the Arakan Students’ Union say that as the case of four Arakanese students who have been on trial for nearly a year continues to be delayed, their educations are unfairly at stake. 

A village official was shot dead and two others were wounded in an attack by gunmen in the Pantawpyin Muslim village of Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township in the early hours of September 2.

The Myittar Yeik orphanage, a refuge for children who have lost their parents due to fighting in Arakan State that is located in Kam Htaung Gyi town, Myebon Township, is in need of support.

A stay-at-home order was imposed in Arakan State’s Gwa Township on August 25 in an attempt to control the spread of Covid-19, but the virus infection rate in the township has not dropped for about a week now.

Fifteen people in Myanmar have been identified as having contracted the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, the junta-controlled Ministry of Health said in a statement on August 31.

U Hla Thein, the information officer and attorney-general of the Arakan State military government, wrote on his Facebook page that the government is working to drop some cases filed under the Counter-Terrorism Law in Arakan State.

Schools suspended due to the third wave of Covid-19 are likely to be reopened in line with pandemic-related regulations, Arakan State education officer U Tin Thein told DMG.

Construction work on an oxygen plant in Ramree town, Arakan State, was suspended on Tuesday due to objections over use of the land on which the facility is located. 

U Hla Thein, the information officer and attorney-general of the Arakan State military government, wrote on his Facebook page on August 31 that the government is working to drop some cases filed under the Counter-Terrorism Law in Arakan State. 

As the killing and selling of turtles has been reported at markets in Mrauk-U town, Arakan State, authorities on August 30 warned over loudspeakers at the markets that those found to be illegally poaching turtles would be sentenced to three to 10 years in prison. 

Residents of Tinma village in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township, who fled their homes amid conflict in March 2020, say they will not be able to return home in October as was originally planned.

A food support plan for more than 200 households that have faced difficulties during the Covid-19 pandemic in Darlat Chaung village-tract, Ann township, has been suspended indefinitely due to lack of permission, according to the Myittar Shin volunteer group. 

Lack of access to information, censorship and threats of legal action continue to pose challenges for journalists in Arakan State. 

A local philanthropic group is providing more than K10 million to over 200 families of people sentenced to prison in Arakan State after being charged under the Counter-Terrorism Law, or who went missing during clashes between the military and Arakan Army (AA).