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Three more men who returned from Bangladesh to Sittwe tested positive for COVID-19 on June 1, according to the Public Health Department in Arakan State.
02 Jun 2021
DMG Newsroom
2 June 2021, Sittwe
Three more men who returned from Bangladesh to Sittwe tested positive for COVID-19 on June 1, according to the Public Health Department in Arakan State.
A total of 20 people who returned from Bangladesh via border trading boat were tested for COVID-19 and three tested positive for COVID-19, said Dr. Soe Win Paing, assistant director of the Public Health Department in Arakan State.
“They are being provided medical treatment at Sittwe General Hospital,” he told DMG.
On May 12, four of 40 people returning from Bangladesh at Shwe Min Gan border trading centre in Sittwe Township tested positive for COVID-19, and on May 14, one more person tested positive.
On May 18, one of 78 people returning from Bangladesh tested positive for the virus.
Some COVID-19 patients who were previously provided treatment have already been discharged from hospital, said Dr. Soe Win Paing.
There were 4,264 COVID-19 cases reported during the first and second waves of the virus in Arakan State, with 37 people dead.
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