State has no plans to inoculate the group against the Covid-19 pandemic
A Myanmar soldier inside a vehicle in front of a Hindu temple in the downtown area in Yangon, Myanmar, February 2 2021. Picture: REUTERS
Local administrator Kyaw Lwin told Reuters from Sittwe township that the rollout had begun there with 10,000 vaccinations for priority groups such as the elderly, health-care workers, government staff and Buddhist monks.“We are only following orders,” he said, declining to comment on whether the plan amounted to discrimination against the Rohingya, who say they can trace local roots back centuries.
Myanmar’s coronavirus response almost collapsed after a February 1 coup as many health workers stopped work in protest, but the army is now trying to step up vaccinations as Myanmar faces its worst spike in infections. He himself had suffered Covid-19 symptoms, but he was unable to get to the hospital for tests, he said.Authorities have not given figures for infections in the camps.
“Rohingya have long faced extreme restrictions on their rights and in their everyday lives, including the right to health,” he said. Up to half a milllion more Rohingya remain in villages elsewhere in Rakhine. Rohingya residents of Maungdaw and Buthidaung, north of Sittwe, said some Rohingya villagers had been vaccinated, but that supplies had now run out.
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