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– Now that the virus has been detected in the world’s largest refugee camp at Cox’s Bazar, there is a very real risk that thousands of people will die.
Shamim Jahan, who is the Health Director of Save the Children in Bangladesh, states this.
On Thursday night, Bangladesh authorities and a UN spokesperson confirmed that a coronary infection had been detected in Cox’s Bazar.
PROTECTED: A full-time emergency protection worker at Cox’s Bazar.
Photo: Shafiqur Rahman / AP
Two men are now being treated in the camp, which houses around one million Rohingya refugees. A patient is a Rohingya refugee. The other is a local man. s
A spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO) says infection monitoring is ongoing.
Save the Children is very concerned. In a statement, Jahan writes that “there are no intensive jobs at Cox’s Bazar” at this time.
– Impossible to follow health advice
International aid organizations have long warned of the possible consequences if a coronary infection were detected in the field.
««Many of the global health councils are practically impossible to follow in the camps.“Paul Brockmann wrote in a chronicle in late April.
He is Country Director for MSF in Bangladesh.
At Cox’s Bazar, Rohingya refugees live in miserable conditions, mainly in plastic sheds.
The sheds are narrow. Sanitary conditions are bad. Access to clean water is also limited.
“Live between 40,000 and 70,000 people per square kilometer,” Manish Agrawal, Bangladesh’s land director at the International Rescue Committee, told Reuters.
In Manila, the most densely populated city in the world, it compares 41,500 people per square mile.
CLOSE IN CLOSE: Refugees at Cox’s Bazar live very close.
Photo: Dar Yasin / AP
Without better access to health services and better sanitation, the virus “will destroy refugees and locals,” Agrawal fears.
You don’t have internet access
Since September, Bangladeshi authorities have blocked internet access at Cox’s Bazar.
The organization “Refugees International” fears that it could aggravate the coronary outbreak.
“Rumors abound that the disease is always deadly or that believers will be safe,” Daniel Sullivan told AFP.
– Open communication is essential to promote good hygiene and control the spread of the virus, says Sullivan.
Bangladesh hit hard
Bangladesh had the first coronary case detected in early March.
The country has been in “closure” since March 26 to prevent new infections. However, on Wednesday, more than 1,000 new cases of infection were recorded in one day.
Bangladesh will be closed until at least May 30.
A total of 18,863 people are infected in Bangladesh, while 283 are dead.
