Humanitarian workers battling the novel coronavirus in Myanmar's Rakhine State have urged authorities to restore high-speed internet access to ...
YANGON: Humanitarian workers battling the novel coronavirus in Myanmar's Rakhine State have urged authorities to restore high-speed Internet access to help tackle rising infections in an area where tens of thousands of people have been displaced.
Aid workers from three groups said the government should restore 4G Internet access to help inform people about the virus. Another humanitarian worker, Aung Than Tun, said the limited access was making it easier for misinformation and rumours about the coronavirus to spread. Sittwe is also home to camps where about 100,000 Rohingya Muslims have been confined since an outbreak of violence in 2012. Rohingya are mostly denied citizenship and face strict curbs on freedom of movement and access to healthcare.Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said people of all faiths and ethnicities would be treated equally.
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