Fears over virus ’nightmare’ in Rohingya camps - Asia Times
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Rahman said an entire block in one camp, housing around 5,000 people, was shut off, and that all contacts of the men were being traced and would be brought to isolation centres.“We have locked down the block, barring anyone from entering or leaving their homes,” he said. Rahman, the health official, said they would ramp up coronavirus testing to “at least” 100 per day from just five to 10 at present. Bercaru said that since February, the entire health sector had been “working round the clock” to increase capacity for testing, isolation and treatment, as well as to train health workers and talk to communities.The UN refugee agency said that 12 severe respiratory infection treatment centres were being established locally, and that up to 1,900 intensive care beds, five quarantine centres, and 20 isolation facilities were planned. (...) In early April authorities had locked down Cox’s Bazar – home to 3.4 million people including the refugees – after a number of COVID-19 cases.
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