The administration in Cox’s Bazar has put 5,000 Rohingyas under lockdown in at the Kutupalong camp after Covid-19 infections were reported from the refugee settlement.
Health Coordinator of Refugee, Relief and Rehabilitation Commission, Abu Toha M R H Bhuiyan told the UNB that three Rohingyas have been infected, so far.
Two of them, residents of Camp No. 5 at Kutupalong, tested positive on Friday. All the 5,000 people at the same block will be brought test, said the official.
Earlier, one Rohingya tested positive for Covid-19 at Kutupalong refugee settlement on Thursday. Besides, a member of the local host community also tested positive.
In April , the local administration imposed a lockdown in the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar following the detection of a number of coronavirus cases in the district, restricting all traffic in and out of the camps.
After the first Covid-19 cases were confirmed in camps, aid workers raced to stop its spreading installing isolation treatment centres and hand washing stations.
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said the Rohingyas who occupy the densely populated camps in Bangladesh were among the world's most vulnerable to the highly contagious virus, which has spread rapidly around the globe.
Aid workers have warned of a potential humanitarian disaster if there is a significant outbreak in the camps in Bangladesh, which has reported about 300 deaths from the virus.
