A Red Cross officer adjusts a man's mask in Mrauk-U on August 21. (Hkun Lat | Frontier)
A red cross officer adjusts a man's mask in Mrauk-U on August 21, 2020. (Hkun Lat | Frontier)

Rakhine is in a state of emergency

COVID-19 travel restrictions will not keep people from fleeing when there are mortar shells falling around them, writes a medical doctor on the COVID-19 frontline in Sittwe.

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