Reports

A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster The special weather bulletin issued by the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) informed about a cyclone developing over the northwest Bay of Bengal (BoB) on 7 November 2019. Cyclone “Bulbul” reincarnating…

Country Overview Lock-down measures will likely continue until 30 May, with restrictions on public transport and flights being lifted after Eid (23 May). The government has issued guidelines on reopening businesses, schools and transport. Some shopping malls…

PRESS RELEASE Cox’s Bazar, 15 May 2020 – A Government testing laboratory confirmed yesterday the first positive COVID-19 case in the Rohingya settlements in Bangladesh, home to some 860,000Rohingya refugees, as officially announced by the Government…

PLEASE SEE BELOW STATEMENT FROM REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL SENIOR ADVOCATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DANIEL P. SULLIVAN: “The first positive case of COVID-19 in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh is the realization of a nightmare scenario. Home to…

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, May 14, 2020 — Today, Kutupalong refugee settlement in Bangladesh - the world’s largest refugee camp - saw its first confirmed case of COVID-19, exposing already extremely vulnerable Rohingya refugees and local Bangladeshis…

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) distributed 5,000 hygiene parcels to Rohingya refugees who combat COVID-19 in refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Rohingya Muslims have taken refuge in Bangladesh since August 25, 2017, when the most…

Some of the mitigation actions that can be taken to reduce the likelihood of rapid viral transmission of COVID-19, are regular hand washing, symptom checking, and social distancing. Having a n appropriate number of strategically placed…

Highlights “When someone arrives at the clinic, we ensure that they wash their hands, then we measure their temperature. We do triage and check their health by ensuring a safe distance between the patient and the healthcare…

Objective and approaches During low community transmission phase of COVID-19, all suspected and confirmed cases will be treated in an isolation facility to mitigate the risk of infection transmission. In a high community transmission scenario, bed availability…

One of the most densely populated countries in the world, Bangladesh also houses the world’s largest refugee camp. Across Cox´s Bazar, nearly one million Rohingya refugees live in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions. As COVID-19 spreads through Bangladesh,…