A health officer is walking wearing a hazmat suit at the Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh. UN are acting fast on Saturday (May 16) after authorities had reported the first coronavirus case in the crowded camps for Rohingya refugees in southern Bangladesh, where more than 1 million refugees have been sheltered, a Bangladeshi official and the United Nations said. - AP
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations and partners have stepped up response to Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic in Myanmar Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh, following the first confirmed case there, a UN spokesman said on Saturday (May 16).
In addition to the Rohingya refugee testing positive, one person in the neighboring local community also has tested positive, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
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