Tun Kaing (Taung Yin Kyun)

Narinjara News, 12 July 2020

Amongst the twelve people in Rakhine who havecontracted the virus, seven have permission to leave hospital and the remainingfive’s conditions continues to improve, according to assistant director ofPublic Health Department for Rakhine state, Doctor Soe Win Paing who spoke withNarinjara.

Amongst those with permission to leave hospital are patient188 from Thandwe hospital, patient 190 from Taungup hospital, patients 234,244, and 237 from Maungdaw hospital and patients 250 and 262 from Buthidaunghospital, he said.  

“If they get two consecutive negative tests results then theycan leave hospital, we are following  theseinstructions.  However they will continue to be monitored for anotherweek at the hospital. After that they can go home, although if they are notconfident about staying at home then they can continue to stay in the hospital.So what this really means is that even though they have been permitted to leavehospital, they will still be under observation for another two weeks” DoctorSoe Win Paing explained.

Seven patients have tested negative twice and patients fromThandwe and Taungup have been discharged from hospital and are at home.

Although those patients in Maungdaw and Buthidaung hospitalwho have twice tested negative and have permission to be discharged, they willcontinue to be monitored at the hospital for another week.  Fourpatients in Maungdaw and one in Sittwe hospitals are not permitted to bedischarged. They are patients 248, 250, 263, 291 and 293.

According to the Ministry of Health and Sports announcementon July 10, two males aged 38 and 28 in Maungdaw township have again testedpositive for the virus.  It is understood that both had entered fromBangladesh.

(Photo – Patient 190 being discharged from hospital inTaungup)