New oxygen generator to be installed in Sittwe to meet Covid demand

DMG 11 Jul 2021

A new oxygen plant will come online by month’s end in Sittwe, Arakan State, according to U Tun Tun Oo, owner of the BMG drinking water factory involved in procuring the machine, as demand for oxygen rises alongside the state’s Covid-19 case count. 

Locals in virus hot spot Maungdaw criticised as complacent

DMG 11 Jul 2021

Despite up to five people dead of Covid-19 in Maungdaw Township this month, locals are still lax in adhering to preventive regulations and guidelines intended to curb the disease’s spread, according to the medical superintendent of Maungdaw District People’s Hospital, Dr. Nu Kaythi San. 

IDPs vulnerable as third wave of Covid-19 spreads

DMG 08 Jul 2021

Internally displaced people (IDPs) say no arrangements have been made to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in Arakan State’s IDP camps as the number of cases and deaths related to the virus continues to rise sharply in the state and nationwide.

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