A Rohingya refugee, who was rescued after spending six months stranded at sea, has died on Friday (September 11) in Lhokseumawe, Indonesia after experiencing shortness of breath and a fever.

Footage filmed on Friday (September 11) shows workers wearing hazmat suits burying the body.

The victim was among a group of 300 Rohingya refugees who were rescued by local fishermen on Monday (September 7) after they were repeatedly denied port by regional authorities.

Ridwan Jalil, Head of the Rohingya Refugee Management Team in Lhokseumawe, said three Rohingya migrants had died and all had experienced the same symptoms.

Jalil said four more were being treated with the same symptoms.

Officers are seen wearing personal protective clothing while carrying out the funeral for Senowara Begum (19), a Rohingya migrant woman who died while undergoing treatment at a hospital, at the Public Cemetery (TPU) in Lhokseumawe, on September 11, 2020, Aceh Province, Indonesia.

Ridwan Jalil, Head of the Rohingya Refugee Management Team in Lhokseumawe, said three Rohingya migrants had died with the same symptoms, namely shortness of breath or pneumonia and there were still 4 more people who were still being treated at the local hospital.

On September 7, as many as 296 Rohingya ethnic groups stranded in the Ujong Blang Beach area of ​​Lhokseumawe consisting of 104 men, 178 women, and 14 children, were evacuated to a temporary shelter in the Job Training Center Building. (BLK) by the local government to get further treatment and some of them are treated at local hospitals.