Some households in Sittwe say they have not received any government cash assistance during the stay-at-home period put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Arakan State. 

Family members of a rice mill owner in Ponnagyun Township who has been detained by the military paid a call on Arakan State Chief Minister U Nyi Pu on September 2 and sought help for the detainee.

Voter lists cannot be displayed in 11 villages of Ann Township, Arakan State, due to clashes there, said U Ko Ko Myat, the Ann Township administrator. 

At least eight civilians from Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, were wounded by artillery strikes late Tuesday evening, according to residents. 

Government staff in Mrauk-U Township, Arakan State, have not received their salaries for August, according to the staff and residents.

A trio of ethnic armed groups including the Arakan Army has issued a 70-day extension of a previously declared unilateral ceasefire, with the olive branch intended to facilitate efforts to combat COVID-19 and ease conditions for holding Myanmar’s general election on November 8.

Amid a COVID-19 outbreak in the region, buses and ferry boats suspended operations last month. Many stores are closed and prices are reportedly rising, adding to concerns about supply chains in the region.

According to a statement from the Ministry of Health and Sports, the number of coronavirus-positive patients in Pauktaw Township, Arakan State, had risen to 20 as of September 1, hitting a mark previously described as the upper limit of the hospital’s capacity.

A resident of Kyaukgusu village in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township was shot dead by security personnel on August 31, locals said.

A teenage boy from Rathedaung Township, Arakan State, was injured by gunfire allegedly coming from a naval vessel in the Mayu River on August 31, according to family members of the victim.

Preparations are underway to receive up to 200 COVID-19 patients at Sittwe General Hospital as medical staff eye an increasing daily case count in Arakan State, said Dr. Zaw Lwin, the hospital’s medical superintendent.

In an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, people have been instructed to promptly report their travel history to local authorities if they have recently been to Sittwe or other townships in Arakan State where coronavirus infections have been reported this month.

Some camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State’s Rathedaung Township are facing shortages of food supplies, according to camp officials. 

A resident of Ngasanbaw village in Arakan State’s Rathedaung Township was wounded by an artillery shell allegedly fired by the military on August 29, according to family members of the victim. 

A college student from Ann Township in Arakan State was allegedly beaten by security personnel during an interrogation on August 28, according to the victim.

Since trucks trading goods between Taungup and Pyay in Bago Region have seen those routes suspended due to a recent COVID-19 outbreak in Arakan State, people in Manaung Township are worried about food shortages in the weeks ahead.

Arakan State-based political parties are struggling to conduct social media campaigning for the upcoming general election due to poor internet access in much of the state, officials from the parties say.

Arakan State Chief Minister U Nyi Pu has said he is worried about those living in camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) and other war-displaced populations amid an ongoing outbreak of coronavirus infections in the state.