The Catholic Church has stepped up testing to detect Covid-19 in internally displaced person (IDP) camps in Myanmar’s conflict-torn Kachin state, UCAnews reported.

Myitkyina Diocese's healthcare commission has sent mobile medical teams to the camps for testing and medical check-ups, while Karuna (Caritas) is offering medicines, face masks and pulse oximeters.

Aid groups said the situation inside the crowded IDP camps is extremely worrying as maintaining social distance is very challenging and access to health care is unavailable.