Myanmar Reports First COVID-19 Case in Rakhine War Refugee Camps
An elderly woman at one of dozens of war refugee camps in Myanmar’s Rakhine state has tested positive for COVID-19, the first confirmed case among more than 200,000 people displaced by nearly 23 months of fighting, government authorities said Friday as a WHO official predicted more cases.
A surge of COVID-19 cases beginning in August has caused alarmed Myanmar health authorities and relief workers in Rakhine, where an estimated 226,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are sheltering in some 26 official camps as well as in Buddhist monastery compounds or with friends and relatives.
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