1st COVID-19 case detected in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh
Saudi Press Agency
Friday 1441/9/22 - 2020/05/15
DHAKA, May 15, 2020, SPA -- The first coronavirus case has been confirmed in the crowded camps for Rohingya refugees in southern Bangladesh, where more than 1 million refugees are sheltered.
The person from the Rohingya community and a local person who lives in the Cox's Bazar district who also tested positive have been isolated, Mahbub Alam Talukder, the country's refugee commissioner said.
Teams have been activated for treatment of the patients as well as tracing people they may have encountered and quarantining and testing of those contacts, Louise Donovan, a spokeswoman for the U.N. refugee agency, told The Associated Press.
Nationwide, Bangladesh has confirmed 18,863 cases, including 283 fatalities.
--SPA
11:30 LOCAL TIME 08:30 GMT
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