Fears grow as pandemic reaches Myanmar Rohingya camps


A Myanmar Rohingya refugee is walking along at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Emergency teams raced on Saturday (May 16) to prevent a coronavirus "nightmare" in the world's largest refugee settlement after the first reported cases in the giant shanties housing nearly one million Rohingya. - AFP

KUTUPALONG (Bangladesh): Emergency teams from all over the world raced on Saturday (May 16) to prevent a Covid-19 (coronavirus) "nightmare" in the world's largest refugee settlement after the first reported cases in the giant shanties housing nearly one million Rohingya.

Health officials said three of the Muslim outcasts living in the 34 camps along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border have tested positive.

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