General Yawd Serk, the interim leader of the Peace Process Steering Team (PPST) formed of the 10 ethnic armed group signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement, has been allowed to resign and was replaced by Nai Aung Min, the PPST said on July 7.

As part of efforts to control the spread of Covid-19 in Mrauk-U, vegetable and meat vendors at the Myoma Market will be temporarily relocated to Warit Taw Grounds near the old town hospital from July 7, according to the township development committee. 

There were 214 cases of dengue fever reported in Arakan State from January to July 6, according to a source from the state’s Department of Public Health (DPH).

A man infected with Covid-19 died on July 6 in Taungup Township, Arakan State, becoming the fifth in the state to succumb to the virus during the ongoing third wave of the pandemic in Myanmar. 

An internally displaced couple from Wibizatadi IDP camp in Sittwe, Arakan State, died from food poisoning on July 6, according to the Shwe Yaung Myitta Foundation.

Two prosecution witnesses were heard by the Taungup Township Court on Monday in a case against three Taungup residents, including a member of the Arakan League for Democracy (ALD), who have been charged under Section 19 of the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law. 

More than 30 border guard police members tested positive for Covid-19 in Maungdaw Township on July 5, according to a senior medical official from Maungdaw District. 

Arakan State on Monday surpassed 500 Covid-19 cases reported during the ongoing third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, with infections rising to 509 in total across 11 of the state’s 17 townships, according to the state’s military council.

The number of people infected with Covid-19 in Maungdaw, Arakan State, is increasing and they reportedly need oxygen and food.

The Arakan State military council will temporarily close border trade centres as Covid-19 infection rates have risen not only in Arakan State but also in neighbouring countries. 

The well-known Myanmar vocalist Htoo El Lynn is lending a helping hand to internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State.

The Maha Garunadaw Education Foundation in Arakan State’s Taungup town, which provides education for students internally displaced by conflict (IDPs), is in need of donors for food and ideally ferrying for the students.

After being identified as close contacts of confirmed Covid-19 cases, some families under stay-at-home instructions in Thandwe Township are facing food difficulties. 

A week has passed since an Arakan League for Democracy (ALD) committeeman was abducted by an unidentified group of armed men in Sittwe, with family saying they have not heard from the captive or his captors since he went missing on June 28.  

Five recovered Covid-19 patients and 27 people under quarantine due to close contact with coronavirus-positive individuals were discharged from the hospital in Thandwe Township, Arakan State, on July 4. 

The Township Development Committee in Maungdaw, Arakan State, issued a letter on July 2 instructing restaurant and tea shop owners to limit service to takeaway orders only to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

With no place to properly dispose of waste in Kanhtaukgyi town, Myebon Township, residents are dumping their garbage along Kanhtaukgyi Creek, according to locals.

A nighttime curfew has been extended for another two months, from July 2, in Arakan State’s Ann Township. 

Although a standard hearing for four Arakanese students charged under Section 505(b) of the Penal Code and Section 29 of the Natural Disaster Management Law was not held due to Covid-19 concerns, a final prosecution witness has testified regarding the latter charge.