Reports

General overview The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) has activated its Early Action Protocol (EAP) for Cyclone Amphan. The EAP trigger was met on 18 May 2020 using the Indian Meteorological Department’s (IMD) and Bangladesh Meteorological Department’s…

Reporting Period: 1 - 13 May 2020 Regional Highlights ● Iran, China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Philippines have the most COVID-19 confirmed cases and deaths. While new cases in Iran and China are slowing down, India, Pakistan…

HIGHLIGHTS • A total of 91 COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Cox’s Bazar district as of 10th May 2020 as per Civil Surgeon Office, Cox’s Bazar. Out of these laboratories confirmed cases, people of age…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Whilst lifesaving , the COVID-19 lockdown is disproportionately impacting women as existing gender inequalities are exacerbating gender-based disparities between women, men, girls and boys in terms of access to information, resources to cope with the…

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, May 14, 2020. The first COVID-19 case in the Rohingya camp of Cox’s Bazar could potentially lead to thousands of new infections; putting the world’s largest refugee camp on the brink of a…

As two cases of Covid-19 are identified in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps, which are home to more than 850,000 Rohingya, Christian Aid is urging governments to take immediate action to protect the already vulnerable population. In…

GENEVA, 15 May 2020 - This is a summary of what was said by Marixie Mercado, UNICEF spokesperson in Geneva – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee…

Almost one million Rohingya people in the world’s largest refugee camp are facing the added threat of a cyclone as the first cases of Covid-19 are confirmed, Oxfam warned today. The cyclone, which is likely to form…

SITUATION OVERVIEW Information on the Emergency The Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak began in Wuhan Province, China when 44 patients were reported to show symptoms of an unknown disease in December 2019. On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation…