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COVID-19 cases spark concern in Rohingya refugee camps
May 27, 2020 06:06Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Myanmar's Rakhine and neighboring Chin State are considered at particularly high risk of COVID-19 for a number of reasons, including active conflict and travel restrictions. More than 8,000 civilians, mostly ethnic Chin Christians, fled fighting in recent months between the military and the Arakan Army group in the Paletwa and Matupi townships which border Rakhine.
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From Kenya to Bangladesh, mask-making has become a thriving cottage industry
May 26, 2020 04:09Regina Catrambone, Cofounder of Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS), which has worked in Bangladesh since 2017 says “When we saw in other countries how fast the coronavirus pandemic was spreading, we thought about how we could use our resources to help prevent the spread in Bangladesh.
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Fears of disaster as first virus case emerges at Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh
May 15, 2020 06:15According to a senior Bangladeshi official and a UN spokesperson, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 has been reported in the Rohingya refugee camp, which houses more than a million, raising concerns of a potential humanitarian disaster.
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India records highest daily jump in coronavirus deaths
Apr 29, 2020 12:26India has seen its highest jump in deaths related to the novel coronavirus in a 24-hour period following its highest daily increase, the Health Ministry says.
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UNHCR voices concern for Rohingya refugees on boats amid coronavirus emergency
Apr 23, 2020 13:53The United Nations refugee agency has voiced mounting concern over a “grave immediate risk” to persecuted Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled Myanmar by boats amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Over two dozen Rohingya found starved to death on boat stranded for weeks
Apr 16, 2020 06:52Coastguard officials in Bangladesh say they have rescued nearly 400 members of the ethnic Rohingya Muslim minority group aboard a ship that had been marooned at sea for weeks, adding that more than two dozen of them have lost their lives as a result of starvation.
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In time of deadly pandemic, India, Pakistan to lift some curbs to help millions
Apr 15, 2020 11:40In a move to help millions of people hit by lockdowns due to the new coronavirus pandemic, the governments in India and Pakistan will allow particular activities to resume.
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Internet curbs on Rohingya risk wider virus outbreak
Mar 31, 2020 11:42Bangladeshi authorities through their official block on Internet access in the Cox’s Bazar camps have obstructed those Rohingya refugees’ right to information on how to protect themselves from contracting the coronavirus. Those restrictions also hobble the efforts of aid groups and government agencies effectively to communicate urgent health messaging to a Rohingya refugee community spread across 34 separate camps.
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Jailed Bangladeshi opposition leader freed in emergency
Mar 25, 2020 11:39Bangladesh released opposition leader Khaleda Zia from jail on Wednesday for six months to allow the two-time former prime minister to undergo urgent medical treatment.
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Coronavirus cases surge in South Asia as countries try to stem epidemic
Mar 18, 2020 13:35The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Indian subcontinent has topped 500 amid fears that inadequate health facilities could be overwhelmed in a region home to nearly 1.9 billion people.