Minister Dr. Myint Htwe of the Ministry of Health and Sports said that they would conduct random tests among high risk groups and high contact groups to ascertain the prevalence and pattern of COVID-19 in Rakhine State.

He further said that such random tests would be conducted to get knowledge on the extent of prevalence and pattern of the outbreak for implementing more systematic ways for containing the virus.

Minister Dr. Myint Htwe was speaking at the All-round Analysis and Review Meeting on Controlling and Containing COVID-19 held by the Central Epidemiology Unit. The spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Dr. Than Naing Soe, said that high risk groups and high contact groups were primarily healthcare workers, marketplaces, public service providing staff and places.