Rohingya stranded off Indonesia undergo COVID testing, given shelter

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Nearly 100 Rohingya asylum seekers, including 34 children, rescued off the coast of Indonesia, underwent Covid-19 testing on Thursday evening in a temporary shelter in Lhokseumawe, Aceh. They were pulled to shore earlier that day by locals angered at the refusal of authorities to give them shelter over coronavirus fears. (AFP/Chaideer Mahyuddin)

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