Narinjara News, 17 July 2022

At least 11 border trade boatmen of Myanmar, who had returned from Bangladesh between 4 and  15 July, testedpositive for Covid-19.

According to the State public health department, the Myanmar workers returned back to Sittwe port aftertransporting Burmese goods to Teknaf port of Bangladesh bycargo boats.

Dr Soe Win Pai, deputy director of the State public health department, revealed that those boatmen returning fromTaknaf port have been quarantined in Sittwe. They tested positivefor Covid-19 in the last sample tests.

"All of them are Myanmar citizens and  they went to Bangladesh for work,” he added.

Currently, they are maintaining good health. Some of them were also discharged from Sittwe general hospital.

In Arakan State, three boarders who returned from Bangladesh on 4 July, were found infected with the coronavirus.
Only a few Rakhine nationals tested corona positive in the last few weeks. Now the number is increasing as more people arereturning from Bangladesh.

Bangladesh recorded 1,007 corona cases with five casualties in a single day . The totaltally of infected persons reached 1,995,440, according to the latestgovernment data released on Saturday.

The casualty because of the infections starts increasingonce again in Bangladesh.