COVID-19: 1.1 million refugees are extremely vulnerable in Bangladesh - Modern Diplomacy
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Now the entire planet is rudderless and anxious of the threat of COVID-19 pandemic. This unknown enemy has already spread in every corner of the world, even in the world’s biggest Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. Emergency teams are racing to contain a possible coronavirus outbreak in the largest refugee settlements. is home to nearly 1.1 million Rohingya refugee who fled violence in Myanmar. Some people have already tested positive for the virus in the area. A refugee and residents living nearby, one of them disappeared for hours after finding out he’d been infected while they now in isolation. Authorities worried that the virus has already spread in camp. Here, people are living 40,000 to 70,000 people per square kilometer. That’s at least 1.6 times the population density on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship. Where the disease spread four times as fast as in Wuhan at the peak of the outbreak.