Informes

Overview The first COVID-19 positive case within the Rohingya refugee community was confirmed on 14 May while 132 cases have been reported at the wider district level in Cox’s Bazar. Bangladesh has extended a general lockdown until…

OVERVIEW Reported COVID-19 cases in Asia and the Pacific continue to increase, though at a relatively stable pace, with countries streamlining measures, and gradually beginning to relax internal mobility restrictions. As of 25 May, over 584,200 cases…

Highlights “We are taking community prevention measures against COVID-19 very seriously. I am distributing messages during and after prayers at my mosque, and encouraging others to do the same.” – Noor Mohammed, a Rohingya imam. He is one…

Measles Outbreak in Rangamati, South-eastern Hill Tracts of Bangladesh Start Fund Bangladesh awarded an amount of GBP 60,000/- to a measles outbreak in the Rangamati region, which comes under the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), in South-eastern Bangladesh.…

BRAC has allocated a budget of BDT 30 million (3 crore) for low-income families in 10 upazilas of three coastal districts to help repair of households and water sanitation and hygine (WASH) facilities damaged by Cyclone…

ActionAid’s emergency teams are supporting communities as they face the devastation caused by Cyclone Amphan, amid the rising threat of Covid-19. More than three million people from coastal villages were evacuated to safety before the deadly storm…

Farah Kabir is available for interview about ActionAid's coronavirus response in Cox's Bazar Farah Kabir, Country Director at ActionAid Bangladesh, is available for interviews about the risk to Cox’s Bazar Rohingya refugee camp following two confirmed cases…

Description of the disaster Cyclone Amphan formed on 16 May 2020 over the Indian Ocean and started moving north over the Bay of Bengal, towards north-east India coastal areas and south of Bangladesh. According to Bangladesh Meteorological…

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During the last week, cases of COVID-19 have been detected and confirmed in the Rohingya settlements in Cox's Bazar, both among Rohingya beneficiaries and members of the local Host Community. IOM and other humanitarian actors on…