The NAWG coordinated the preparation of a rapid joint assessment of the situation in collaboration with national authorities and partners in the most impacted areas. COVID 19 sensitive community engagement materials were already made available. Anticipatory Situation and Anticipatory Impact The HCTT activated the Humanitarian Preparedness and Response Plan  ( HPRP )  in line with the HCTT contingency plan for climate related disasters in time of COVID  19 pandemic.


During the reporting period, new 50 COVID 19 cases were confirmed among Rohingya refugees, the highest number in a week so far. WHO's Community Health Disease Surveillance Officers  ( CHDSOs )  provided support to investigate all cases. Equally important to note is the increasing number of PCR tests for COVID 19 conducted in the refugee camps: 1485 in a population of nearly one million.

Humanitarian conditions
Capacities & response

Humanitarian conditions->Physical and mental well being


COVID 19 messages reached 252 404 persons between 7 13 September. Since the beginning of the response, CHWG conducted more than 2.46 Million household visits and had contacts with a cumulative number of more than 4.67 million adult household members. In addition, they led 12 139 small group sessions for 38 137 persons. The messages focus on COVID 19 symptoms, risk factors and quarantine and isolation/ treatment centers. Between 03   09 September 2020, COVID 19 prevention messages reached 122 524 people during 57 215 neighborhood sessions through CwC partners.

Capacities & response->People reached/response gaps


[ 10 October , Bangladesh ]  The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far stands at 1.44%.As many as, 11,420 including the pending ones, were tested in the 108 authorized labs government and private across the country.


On 28 August, Bangladesh restored internet connectivity to the camps in Cox's Bazar. Refugees have widely welcomed the decision. It also offers humanitarian agencies the opportunity to widen stronger information dissemination on COVID 19 with refugees, including information about where support is available, if needed

Impact->Impact on systems, services and networks


Growing economic and social challenges due to the loss of income has increased the risk of child marriage, child labour, and an increasing trend in the trafficking of men, women, adolescents and children. Many parents of adolescent girls feel that due to the lockdown it is increasingly difficult for authorities to take action against child marriage, a phenomenon that is likely to endure after the immediate health threat of the pandemic has passed19. Boys in poor families are more likely to discontinue school and become child labourers.

At risk->Risk and vulnerabilities
Impact->Driver/aggravating factors


Increased risk of exploitation and abuse: Recently there has been an increase in the number of children and adolescents in conflict with the law. Without adequate protection mechanisms, children can be easily exploited by criminals and gangs.


Nutrition:Strengthen governance and leadership to enhance coordination and policy implication across nutrition sensitive and nutrition specific programmes and FNS sectors .Strengthen and scaling up of multisectoral SBCC activities to disseminate nutrition messages within the COVID 19 context, including digital platforms .Improve access to nutrition interventions with adequate coverage through specific and sensitive programs in urban areas.

Priority interventions->Expressed by humanitarian staff


More generally, and as discussed in detail under Pillar I, the COVID 19 lockdown has disproportionately impacted women as existing gender inequalities are exacerbating gender based disparities between women, men, girls and boys in terms of access to information, resources to cope with the pandemic, and its socio economic impact.


German Red Cross • Online Psychosocial Training for Fire Service & Civil Defense and BDRCS Volunteers on self care was conducted and Cash grants disbursed to 700 HH in Dhaka South City Corporation  ( DSCC )  area targeting urban poor under DEEPER Project. • Approval received from German Federal Foreign Office to support COVID 19 cash grants for 2800HH in Dhaka urban areas. • Technical Support to BDRCS for Flood EAP activation in Kurigram, Gaibandha, and Jamalpur districts. Activities include cash transfers and evacuation support with COVID 19 protocols  ( sanitization, physical distancing, and masks )


BDRCS ensures timely response to public health emergencies and the delivery of essential health care services during disaster. It is also rendering primary health care services through its MCH centers and preventive and curative health care services through clinics and hospitals. 56 Mother and Child Health  ( MCH )  care Centers under BDRCS Health department has been continuing its services during this pandemic situation to enhance mother and child health care.


Specially upholding the health etiquettes to prevent COVID 19 is now challenging than ever. Where survival from flood is the priority to the community people, COVID 19 health rules have no means to follow as described in national leading dailies. Most of them have no way to maintain social distance, wash hands regularly, or use masks to prevent COVID 19 transmission.


As COVID 19 continues to affect millions around the globe, the Rohingya refugees living in the world's largest and most densely populated refugee camps remain one of the most vulnerable groups.


82% of respondents reported challenges collecting food assistance


Upon knowing about any person having COVID 19 symptoms in the community, 94% of the respondents mentioned to keep the infected person separated, 47% to take the infected person to a doctor and 28% stated that they would call the IEDCR.


To pre assess the socio economic impact of COVID 19 on the target population and areas, the study also collected views of the participants regarding the future consequences of the pandemic. Almost all the participants of community levels have anticipated economic crisis as the main consequences of the pandemic. Other consequences mentioned by them include limited livelihood opportunities, food crisis, increase social crime, family disharmony. Health professionals are anticipating increased number of communicable diseases among children, increased unwanted pregnancy, increased morbidity and mortality of maternal and child health, increased morbidity/burden of non communicable diseases, increased health expenditure as significant consequences of COVID 19.


They also maintained that Health system will face sustained crisis on capacity building and skilled health professional's crisis is an estimated long term effect of this situation. Increased poverty and malnutrition are common anticipation by community and health professionals


As presented in the chart below, 82% of workers either change or clean their masks after use/daily. 92% of cleaners work in hospitals change or clean their masks after they complete a day's work. The remaining 8% only change or clean their mask once a week. General waste workers and cleaners appear to be at higher risk since 25% of waste workers and 16.7% of general cleaners only change or clean their masks either weekly or even more infrequently.

Impact->Impact on people
At risk->Risk and vulnerabilities


Coping strategies reported for insufficient water  ( drinking and non drinking ) † Collect water from a source further away than the one normally used 56% Reduce hygiene practices such a bathing, washing 38% Rely on less preferred  ( unimproved )  water sources for cooking and washing 31% Send children to collect water 21% Rely on less preferred  ( unimproved )  water sources for drinking 18% Household members drink less 14% Spend money  ( or credit or in kind resources )  on water 5%


Following set of measures are recommended for action plan on safety and well being of the Sanitation and Waste workers: Employers to ensure adequate and regular supply of quality safety gear. This should be added in the labour law as the responsibility of employer and enforce it properly.  Serious knowledge gap persists among the sanitation and waste workers about safe use and management of different types of safety gear. Therefore, in addition to ensure adequate supply of safety gear, it is extremely important to orient the waste workers about how to handle them properly. This can also be part of the training programme.  Provide financial support and incentives to compensate the workers for the heightened risks they face.  Government to provide insurance packages and special safety net measures provided.


A major increase in shelter damages has been recorded this monsoon season compared to last year in the SMSD Daily Incident Reporting Mechanism.17 During June to 30 August, 1,236 monsoon related incidents were reported across all 34 camps affecting 25,631 households and 116,604 individuals. 23,023 shelters were partially damged and 1,854 shelters were totally damaged. The shelter damages reported this year have increased by 100% when compared to the same period in 2019. COVID 19 restrictions resulted in a reduction of shelter programming and monsoon preparedness activities. This, combined with the typical monsoon weather events and the continued use of lightweight and temporary materials has resulted in this significant increase in damages


WHO is providing training, supplies and technical guidance on Infection Prevention and Control  ( IPC )  to keep patients, staff and the general population safe. Specifically relating to COVID 19, WHO trained 43 master trainers in May 2020. During the intensive four day training, the entire journey of a patient from the community through the Severe Acute Respiratory Infection  ( SARI )  Isolation and Treatment Centers ( ITC )  until discharge is followed, with key emphasis on IPC considerations

Capacities & response->International response


The destruction of the cyclone Amphan in coastal districts is severe and due to COVID 19 pandemic; the emergency response is become more challenging due to safety of volunteers and staff.


According to the COVID 19 impact analysis of NAWG, whilst the country is in the middle of COVID 19 pandemic, food access, purchasing power of people, decreased livelihood options, lack of cash liquidity, caring practices and poverty have been found to be the major limiting factors in these affected areas.


Due to COVID 19 crisis, government impose lockdown and restriction on travel. As result NHQ staff and NDRTs were not able to move frequently in the affected districts


[ 1 30 September, Cox's Bazar ] :The World Health Organization  ( WHO )  reports over 4,760 confirmed cases of COVID 19 in Cox's Bazar since the first case was detected in the district. Among the confirmed cases, there have been 261 cases among refugees living in the 34 Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar.Some 68 host community members and 8 refugees have sadly died  [ due to COVID ] to date.


Protection Sector partners worked closely with existing community based structures in the camps to raise awareness on COVID 19. This week, Rohingya and community outreach volunteers conducted 2,236 awareness sessions in 20 camps.


[ October 2020, Bangladesh ]  Build the capacity of all service providers, especially in health, to ensure the delivery of services without discrimination and judgment. This should include training on gender equality and addressing provider biases, including transphobic behaviors and attitudes


[ 18th October 2020, Bangladesh ]   Bangladesh on Saturday saw another spike in Covid 19 patients as health authorities confirmed the detection of 1,209 new cases across the country in 24 hours, taking the caseload to 3,87,295.  During the period, 23 more patients died from Covid 19, raising the death toll to 5,646.


After stretching the prohibition several times since, Bangladesh resumed flights on domestic routes on Jun 1 and continued flights to and from China only as CAAB extended suspension on all other international flights until June 15.


[ October 2020, Bangladesh ]  MHM has become more difficult during the pandemic. Forty three percent of Rohingya women and 40% of host community women reported not having enough menstrual hygiene products to meet their needs since COVID 19.


Another 56 142 people were engaged in 9805 communication sessions conducted by religious leaders. Additionally, 62 992 Rohingya refugees received COVID 19 key messages through 15 972 community consultation meetings. And finally, 5992 community people participated in 762 group sessions and watched 538 videos about the new virus.


[ October 2020, Bangladesh ]  Gaps in MHM were observed prior to COVID 19, with almost a quarter of households not receiving menstrual hygiene materials regularly enough. Female Rohingya informants voiced distress over the lack of sufficient MHM support during the containment measures, noting that the distribution of products had been stopped or limited.


[ 4th October 2020, Bangladesh ]  As many as 9,859 samples, including the pending ones, were tested in the 109 authorized labs   government and private   across the country and 1,125 new patients were confirmed. To date, 1,989,664 tests have been conducted in the country, leading to an overall infection rate of 18.53% so far.


[ September 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Market supply chains continue to be functional and responsive despite lower consumer demand. Sustained operational constraints due to COVID 19 are evidently having persistent impacts on wage rates and purchasing power

Impact->Impact on people
Impact->Driver/aggravating factors


[ 8 October, Bangladesh ] Across the country, 13,794 people are now in isolation and 41,353 in quarantine.


Partners also counselled nearly 1,200 Rohingya and 5,650 Bangladeshi mothers and caregivers on infant and young child feeding practices in emergencies, particularly in the COVID 19 context. Nutrition Sector identified 78 suspected COVID 19 cases at nutrition facilities in the camps and referred them to health facilities.


During the week, 1,841 Burmese Language Instructors  ( BLIs )  disseminated COVID 19 awareness messaging to 83,144 parents, community members and caregivers through audio clips and loud speakers in the camps. BLIs provided at home educational support, explaining learning materials and activities to 2,782 learners. 1,219 BLIs and education facilitators provided remote guidance on COVID 19 prevention, wellbeing and self care to 56,736 children, youth and adolescents.. 79,207 learners, parents, and caregivers were oriented on handwashing, physical distancing, and use of masks and hand sanitizer

Information and communication->Communication means and preferences


SMSD Sector partners supported 7 families  ( 26 individuals )  from different camps temporarily residing in a quarantine facility in Camp 20 Extension. Furthermore, partners conducted awareness raising sessions via household level visits, radio listening groups, and video showings with Rohingya women, men, adolescent boys and girls, and imams.


All 19 Points of Entry  ( PoE )  sites continue to screen for fever and advocating for hand washing at strategic entry locations in the camps. Temperature screeners, educators and WASH volunteers are working together to educate, refer and sensitize the Rohingya, host community and humanitarian workers entering the camps. As of 27 September 2020, 483 550 individuals have been screened at the PoE across the camps. People found febrile have been referred to health facilities.


In the camps, WASH Sector partners provided soap to 22,587 households and family hygiene kits to 5,210 households, and installed a total of 2,979 hand washing stations  ( HWS ) , including 574 HWS with stools and buckets at household level, 609 HWS in public spaces, and 1,796 “tippy taps' in public places and near toilet facilities. As part of COVID 19 risk prevention measures and infection prevention and control  ( IPC )  compliance in the host communities and camps, WASH Sector partners disinfected 65,529 WASH facilities and 6,207 public buildings.


During COVID, distributions of high energy biscuits took place door to door in the host communities and at food distribution sites in the camps due to closures of learning centres and schools. 276,200+ students served in the camps, up from 247,300 the previous year. 134,000+ students served in the host community.


In Bangladesh, UNHCR has been working with parents and caregivers to enable them to better support their children in learning at home.


COVID 19 messages reached 275 390 persons between 21 27 September. Since the beginning of the response, CHWG conducted more than 2.75 Million household visits and had contacts with a cumulative number of more than 5.22 million adult household members.


[ September 2020, Bangladesh ]  The registration process, however, was temporarily suspended at the end of March owing to the COVID 19 situation, though awareness raising among refugees about the importance of civil documentation has continued, albeit on a more limited scale.


[ September 2020, Bangladesh ]  Increased restrictions, loss of livelihoods, suspension of educational activities, and increased criminality, among others, have compounded SGBV risks. Access to Women Friendly Spaces by survivors of intimate partner violence were impeded due to the prolonged presence of their spouses at home


While less susceptible to direct hits from cyclones than other parts of Bangladesh, Cox's Bazar is susceptible to landslides, river and seabed erosion, flash floods, and storm surges during the monsoon and cyclone seasons. Increased deforestation has exacerbated the impacts of natural disasters in the district.


IOM DRU teams developed referral forms for cases of COVID 19 and shared them among partners to strengthen coordination of referrals in the camps. Before winder sharing, the forms were reviewed by agencies supporting quarantine centers, as well as endorsed by the health sector strategic Advisory Group.


During the month, 124 staff joined IOM'S health team to support in COVID 19 response, including eight clinical supervisors, fourteen medical officers, thirty five medical assistants, forty nurses, eight midwives, four medical technologists and six pharmacy support staff. Additionally, 12 cleaners and support staff were recruited from the local community.


[ September, Bangladesh ]  World Vision sector staff conducted awareness sessions on COVID 19 at our four women and girls' safe spaces  ( WGSS ) , in our eight tea corners for men and at household level in Camps 13, 15 and 19. These session were conducted by trained World Vision response officers, prevention officers, case workers and facilitators. A total of 14,543 people  ( 6,238 women, 2,209 girls, 4,166 men and 1,930 boys )  were reached.


[ September, Bangladesh ]  Ninety nutrition sector staff completed the WHO COVID 19 training. A total of 116 non nutrition staff members  ( including 26 drivers )  also participated in these sessions conducted by World Vision staff members trained as WHO training of trainers. An additional 220 nutrition facilitators trained in COVID 19 awareness raising disseminated messages at the nutrition centres and at community level.


256137 beneficiaries reached with COVID 19 awareness message at least 2 times. 265721 bars of bathing suit distributed. 3186 MHM  ( Menstrual Hygiene Management )  kits distributed.


IOM's WASH unit supported SARI ITC in leda with provision of 200 bars of bathing soap, 14 handwashing stations made from available empty chlorine containers of around 50liters capacity each, 10 jerry cans , a backpack sprayer 40kg of 65% HTH chlorine


[ 17th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The total number of confirmed Covid 19 deaths in Bangladesh stood at 8,608 on Wednesday, including mostly the elderly and frontline fighters. However, some experts believe that the actual number of deaths is much higher, as many people died with coronavirus like symptoms but were not counted in the official death toll.

Information and communication->Knowledge and info gaps (hum)


Through outreach effort Women's Committee members in camp 24 and 24 reached over 700 women and adolescents girls with COVID 19 awareness sessions and responded to the first female COVID 19 case in the camp


In support of the health Unit, IOM WASH team provided 80 WASH kits to COVID 19 Isolation and Treatment Centers. Each kit contains one bar of laundry soap, one toothbrush, one tooth paste, two 10 liters bucket, and reusable sanitary cloth. IOM WASH teams also provided household level handwashing devices to 27,668 beneficiary families in camp 9, 10, 13, 20, 20 Ext and 24. Each device includes a bucket with tap, a plastic stand to hold the bucket, and a plastic bowl for wastewater collection and disposal.


[ 19 25th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  The number of available SARI ITC beds has remained stable over the reporting period with now 14 SARI ITCs reporting 1106 beds of which 578 are ready to receive patients and another 528 are on standby.


Meanwhile, under korean Government funding, IOM and implementing partner ICCO Cooperation completed business management training for 129 women from the host community. The training focused on tailoring, safe dry fish production and goat rearing skills in Teknaf. ICCO Cooperation carried out the training by instructing small group of participants to ensure social distancing throughout.


[ 7 October, Bangladesh ] So far, 2,748 people have died in Dhaka division, 1,102 in Chattogram, 357 in Rajshahi, 445 in Khulna, 193 in Barishal, 235 in Sylhet, 247 in Rangpur and 113 in Mymensingh division.


[ 7 October, Bangladesh ] Across the country, 13,955 people are now in isolation and 41,233 in quarantine.


In Camp 14, CARE assisted HESK/EPER in physical distancing and crowd control during a distribution, which reached 1210 older people. During the distribution awareness raising on key message related to COVID 19 was also conducted


[ August 2020, Bangladesh ]   15 contacts were quarantined at camp 20 Extension Quarantine facility.  47 contacts linked to 18 confirmed cases were successfully traced, monitored and quarantined through IOM's contact tracing supervisors and medical support teams across 13 camps.


Refugee:  [ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  During the baseline  ( March August, 2019 ) , one out of three Rohingya adults participated in the labor force, with two third of them employed  ( or roughly two ninths of the working age population ) . Current employment is one third of baseline rates while unemployment has doubled between August 2019 to May 2020.


[ 18th October 2020, Bangladesh ]   The cases reached the 300,000 mark on Aug 26 while the death toll exceeded 5,000 on Sept 22. The fatality rate is 1.46 percent. So far, 21,63,568 samples have been tested    11,866 in the last 24 hours    and 17.96 percent of them have turned out to be positive.


[ 22 March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh Situation: Between 8 March 2020 and 21 March 2021, according to the DGHS Press Release there were five hundred seventy thousand, eight hundred seventy eight  ( 570,878 )  COVID 19 cases confirmed by rRTPCR, GeneXpert, and Rapid Antigen tests including eight thousand, six hundred ninety  ( 8,690 )  related deaths  ( CFR 1.52% ) . Bangladesh is among the top 34 countries and accounts for 0.47% of the COVID 19 cases of the world.


[ 19 25th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  WHO continues to provide epidemiological data to support operational decision making for the COVID 19 response in Cox's Bazar. As of 25 October 2020, a total of 4774 individuals from the host community in Cox's Bazar district have tested positive for COVID 19: 488 in Chokoria, 383 in Teknaf, 299 in Maheshkhali, 2478 in Sadar, 512 in Ukhiya, 329 in Ramu, 185 in Pekua and 100 in Kutubdia


[ September 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Psychosocial Support  ( PSS )  activities: COVID 19 response: Targeted communities were provided with community based psychosocial support  ( PSP )  and risk communication messages to prevent and deal with COVID 19


[ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Host and refugee: THOSE WHO REMAINED ACTIVE DURING THE LOCKDOWN REPORT REDUCED EARNINGS, WITH LOW EXPOSURE REGIONS BEING MORE AFFECTED ACROSS ALL EMPLOYMENT TYPES.


Food affordability has been affected. Incomes have collapsed for millions of families. Prices of rice, pulses, beef and onions have increased, whilst prices of wheat flour, eggs and broiler chickens have reduced. Food inflation is high in harder to access regions, such as the Chittagong Hill Tracts.


The movement of fishery products for domestic markets is still fairly functional. Private sector retailers, such as Shwapno, have chartered vehicles and refrigerated vans to transport fish and other agro commodities. The export of fish and fishery products is permissible and continues at a limited scale. Services of the Fish Inspection and Quality Control  ( FIQC )  for quality inspection, certification and export facilitation are operational. Shrimp export prices  ( e.g. for golda  ( freshwater shrimp ) , bagda  ( saline water shrimp )  )  have reduced drastically


[ 7th November 2020, Dhaka Division ]  Bangladesh is seeing 2458.88 infections, 1976.25 recoveries and 35.52 deaths per million. So far, 3,161 people have died in Dhaka division, 1,194 in Chattogram, 373 in Rajshahi, 474 in Khulna, 201 in Barishal, 252 in Sylhet, 268 in Rangpur and 126 in Mymensingh.


[ 3rd November 2020,Bangladesh ]  The number of deaths from Covid 19 in Bangladesh rose to 5,983 on Tuesday with the death of 17 more people in 24 hours. Besides, health authorities registered 1659 new coronavirus cases during the period, pushing the caseload to 4,12,647.


[ 3rd November 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh on Monday recorded 1,736 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, pushing the caseload to 41,09,88. Besides, 25 more patients died from Covid 19 during the period, taking the fatalities to 5,966.So far, 327901 patients have recovered from the disease   1,961 in the last 24 hours.


Recommendations on medium to longer term interventions: Strengthen GOB district level food price volatility monitoring: A clearer understanding of the reasons underlying these divergent price movements is needed, focusing on different points in supply chains of different foods. Further price volatility is anticipated during Ramadan. 2. Integrate safety protocols into agricultural production supply chains: Wider COVID 19 testing and safety measures for field level Government officials and extensions services are necessary to deliver the range of services and entitlements announced in stimulus packages related to agriculture.


[ 22nd Oct 2020, Bangladesh ]  Currently, there are 78,563 active cases in the country. Of the total victims, 4,422 are men and 1,325 are women. Of the latest 24 victims, 21 are aged above 50 years.


[ 30th January 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: In the Rohingya community, a higher proportion of people who attend listening groups and food distribution points, and live close to mosques, feel informed about Covid 19.

Information and communication->Knowledge and info gaps (pop)


[ 15th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  IOM sexual and reproductive health  ( SRH )  teams continue to provide additional services such as antenatal, postnatal, assisted deliveries, basic emergency obstetric and new born care, comprehensive emergency obstetric and new born care, neonatal care, family planning, menstrual regulation and post abortion care services. These services are ongoing in 22 IOM facilities or Government facilities supported by IOM, and services are available 24/7 in ten facilities.


[ 25th Oct 2020, Bangladesh ]  Currently, there are 77.907 active cases in the country. Of the total victims, 4,471 are men and 1,332 are women. Of the latest 23 victims, 19 are aged above 50 years, three between 41 and 50 years and one other is aged between 31 and 40 years.


[ 25th Oct 2020, Bangladesh ]  Across the country, 12,104 people are now in isolation and 39,731 in quarantine.


[ September 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  14 Severe Respiratory Infection Isolation and Treatment Centres  ( SARI ITCs )  were operational, with 578 beds ready to receive patients, as well as 368 stand by beds and 62 active isolation beds. The SARI ITCs are run by health partners, serving both refugees and local communities.


[ 1st November 2020, Dhaka Division ]  Bangladesh is seeing 2403.03 infections, 1913.84 recoveries and 34.88 deaths per million. So far, 3,093 people have died in Dhaka division, 1,176 in Chattogram, 371 in Rajshahi, 470 in Khulna, 200 in Barishal, 247 in Sylhet, 262 in Rangpur and 122 in Mymensingh.


[ 28th Oct 2020, Bangladesh ] So far, 3,038 people have died in the Dhaka division, 1,164 in Chattogram, 370 in Rajshahi, 466 in Khulna, 198 in Barishal, 242 in Sylhet, 262 in Rangpur and 121 in Mymensingh.


[ September 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Educational awareness messages were disseminated to 143,681 children, parents, community members and caregivers via audio clips, which were delivered by 3,387 volunteers and BLIs. In addition, 12,446 awareness leaflets were distributed by 295 BLIs. 96,155 parents, caregivers and community members received COVID 19 awareness messages and caregiver led education instructions through household visits, observing COVID 19 measures.


[ 21st Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ] There has been a reported increase in the number of GBV cases particularly intimate partner violence, child marriage as well as polygamy and transphobic violence.


[ 19th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Also, 1,318 new Covid 19 cases were reported, taking the country's caseload to 498,293. So far, 433,614 patients – 87.02% – have recovered.


[ 19th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh's Covid 19 fatalities rose to 7,217 until early Friday with 25 more deaths in the past 24 hours. The mortality rate stood at 1.45%, the Directorate General of Health Services said.


Farm gate prices have dropped for eggs  (  18% ) , broilers  (  15% ) , day old layer chicks  (  75% )  and dayold broiler chicks  (  90% ) , with about 50% of eggs and 70% of broilers unsold at farms, and moreover, 40 50% of newly hatched day old chicks were unsold and destroyed. Feed production dropped by 30 70% due to fallen demand and, to some extent shortage of imported ingredients. Vets, vaccination distribution and medicine businesses have suffered.


[ Jan 2021, Bangladesh Cox's Bazar ] PEOPLE IN NEED / TARGETED 66,080 households 330,400 individuals.

Priority needs->Expressed by humanitarian staff


[ 15th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  People can also obtain a movement pass to leave home for urgent needs during the lockdown which started Wednesday. There was some misunderstanding between police and general people, who went out, on Wednesday regarding the movement pass as many were confused about who will and who will not need it.


[ 7th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Respond to the special needs of pregnant and lactating women, under 5'schildren headed families, and older persons and ensure that the quality of their assistance and services is equitable to that of other groups.


[ 20th Nov 2020, Cox's Bazar Camps ]  The number of confirmed COVID 19 cases identified in the camps in Cox's Bazar in October has decreased. In October, some 55 new cases of COVID 19 were detected.


[ 28th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Participants whose shelters are positioned at the top or bottom of a hill also voiced major concerns about landslides, expressing frustration about the lack of assistance to protect their families. As well as the type of material that shelters are made of, many participants said their shelters are too small and do not have enough separate rooms for the number of household members.


[ 17th Nov 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  THE IMPACT OF COVID 19 Coping strategy: The key coping strategy of the businesses was THE IMPACT OF COVID 19   borrowing money from relatives.   businesses started opening the business in a flexible way for short period.   take a loan from Bank to continue the business and   discontinuation of the workers to survive.


[ 11th Nov 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh on Wednesday reported 1,733 new Covid 19 cases in 24 hours, bringing the caseload to 425,353. Besides, 19 more patients died from the virus infection during the period which took the fatalities to 6,127.


[ 8th Nov, 2020 Bangladesh ]  Analysts are closely monitoring the Aman situation as COVID 19 restrictions are believed to have limited farmers' ability to procure certain varieties of rice seed due to supply chain disruptions. The disruptions and delayed planting as a result of the floods will impact production in the 2020 Aman season but again, FAS Dhaka believes the impact will be minimal.


[ 1 31st Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Broadcast messages focused on COVID 19, elderly care, quarantine and isolation, use of masks, contact tracing and monsoon and cyclone preparedness. Around 67% of the refugees who were called to collect feedback expressed interests in continuing to receive messages through IVR. Based on the feedback from the community, the IVR has proven effective in providing useful information to mitigate the potential transmission of COVID 19.


[ 14th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Feedback from Moulvibazar suggests that some religious leaders such as imams and maulanas  ( Muslim men revered for their religious learning or piety )  do not practice or support mask wearing. They say only those who do not have enough faith in God, wear masks. They believe since God is responsible for the pandemic, he will save people. They also say that in Islam there is no such thing as an infectious disease. Hence, when people perform salah  ( prayer )  at mosques, most do not use masks, moreover they look at those who do with disapproval. More informed individuals say awareness building campaigns are being undermined by the teaching of these conservative religious leaders.


[ July August 2020, Bangladesh ]   Rohingya Refugees:     During the survey, respondents raised a range of protection related concerns, including: • Robbery • Kidnapping • Child marriage • Sexual harassment • Rent payments • Threats by local people/armed groups • Mahjees demanding money/using violence against those reporting problems • Challenges registering under a new address when moving camps, resulting in difficulties accessing assistance


[ 29th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  Amid an upward trend of Covid 19 fatalities in Bangladesh, a key official of the health sector on Saturday revealed that the fast spreading and deadlier Indian variant had been spotted in the samples of 13 more people.


[ 17th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  The World Health Organization considers a pandemic to be under control if the infection rate remains below 5% for two consecutive weeks. The infection rate in Bangladesh was lower than 5% for seven weeks from mid January. On the other hand, 287 people died of Covid 19 in February   the lowest monthly death toll after May 2020.


[ 28th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Participants belonging to larger households said that the quantity of some items was insufficient, especially rice, oil, and spices. Households with larger numbers of adolescents and adults struggled more to make food last until the end of the month than households of the same size but with small children.


[ October 2020, Bangladesh ]  Manusher Jonno Foundation, for instance, surveyed 17,203 women and children in April, and found that of the 4,705 women and children who reported incidents of domestic violence that month, nearly half said this was the first time.


[ 20th   26th June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: On 22 June, the police arrested 14 Rohingya  ( including six children )  in Jorarganj, Chattogram District. The arrested had fled from Bhasan Char island camp. On 23 June, the Bangladesh Coast guard arrested seven Myanmar nationals on a fishing trawler in St. Martin's Island.


[ 7th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Ensure that lack of or incomplete documentation should not exclude individuals from accessing services and refer them to appropriate entities to obtain the correct documentation. If there are issues, reach out to protection focal points and UNHCR's Registration Unit


[ July August 2020, Bangladesh ]  Host Community: WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE • 23% of households reported not having enough water to meet domestic needs. • Reports of adult household members practising open defecation  ( reported by 14% of households )  and visible waste in the vicinity of their accommodation  ( reported by 11% of households )  suggest possible gaps in sanitation infrastructure.


[ 7th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Work in coordination with protection and gender actors, such as camp Protection/Child Protection/GBV Focal Points and Protection Emergency Response Units  ( PERU )  to put in place measures to prevent and respond to physical/sexual violence arising from food distributions. FSL staff in the field should be aware of the camps' existing mechanisms for prompt referrals to the protection/CP/GBV focal points  ( the updated lists can be found here for the Protection FPs, CP FPs, and GBV FPs ) .


[ 7th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Engage male and female community and committee representative to play an active role in identifying solutions and in the decision making processes that affect them, to promote a sense of ownership, build their self esteem and improve the relevance and sustainability of the response.


[ 7th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Develop livelihoods programs in a way that protect and support household caring responsibilities and promote family unity. Participation in livelihood opportunities should not undermine child protection or other caring responsibilities. Consider employing care providers or providing care facilities  ( nursery )  or supporting community care mechanisms to enable women's participation in such programs.


[  9th  15th October 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  A total of 25 COVID 19 sample collection sites for suspected COVID 19 cases are operational in the camps, and efforts are ongoing to establish collection sites in all 34 camps


[ 14th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh  ( CAAB )  has issued a warning, saying it will suspend flights of airlines if they bring passengers from abroad without Covid 19 negative certificates.


[ 7th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Children should have participation in any of the project designed under FSL programme to make sure that children are get services in a way that they want. In all the phase of project design their participation is essential for any positive outcome and changes in their lives.


[ 5 19th Oct 2020, Camp ]  The 93 shelters quarantine facility at Camp 20 Extension contributes to the COVID 19 early containment e orts by quarantining the contacts of con rmed cases. Food and psychosocial support, as well as follow up and health services are provided by IOM and partners. A total of 14 contacts were quarantined at Camp 20 during the reporting period.


[ Oct 2020, Camps, Cox's Bazar ]  1,814 samples  [ COVID ]  have been collected from IOM's three SARI ITCs and two Primary Health Care Centers  ( Camp 9 and Camp 3 )  and transported to the laboratory in Cox's Bazar. A total of 9,124 samples have been collected since the beginning of the COVID 19 response


[ 19th Nov 2020, Bangladesh ]  Amid a rising trend in both the number of Covid 19 infections and deaths, Bangladesh recorded 30 more deaths in 24 hours until Thursday morning, raising the death toll to 6,305.


[ 1th October 2020, Bangladesh ]  Host Community – WASH: 4% of households reported loss or diminished access to clean water and sanitation as an impact of the COVID 19 outbreak


[ August 2020, Camps, Cox's Bazar ]  Distributions  [ food ]  camp 1E and 1W, were stopped during COVID 19 and it took a while for approval to be given to start distribution due to fear to transmission of COVID  19 in these camps.WFP took over some camps  ( 3,15 and 4 )  which led to delay in starting up the program in those camps.


[ 22nd Nov 2020, Bangladesh ]  So far, 3,377 have died in Dhaka division, 1,234 in Chattogram, 389 in Rajshahi, 488 in Khulna, 215 in Barishal, 262 in Sylhet, 291 in Rangpur, and 132 in Mymensingh.


[ 12th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has recently seen a spike in the seven day moving average of Covid 19 deaths, which is now above 60. From being lowest  ( 0.57 )  in the third week of March, 2020, the seven day moving average has climbed to 67.57 in the second week of April this year.


[ 12th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Experts think the crisis is likely to worsen if people keep on flouting health guidelines and the authorities fail to provide hospital beds for the critical patients. Dr Islam said: “Hospitals are already overcrowded with Covid 19 patients. So increasing the number of hospital beds for Covid 19 patients should be the highest priority for the authorities.'


[ August 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  CCLC and MTC were underspent because of start delay – late procurement  ( see for more the respective sections )  and the suspension of activities due to COVID  19.


[ 14th Nov 2020, Bangladesh ]  Expressing concern over the reluctance to use face masks, she also directed all concerned to take measures for ensuring the use of masks in a larger way to protect people from Covid 19 infections.


[ 14th Nov 2020, Bangladesh ]  Daily Covid 19 infections in Bangladesh have shown a rising trend this month, with 1,767 new cases and 19 deaths reported until early Friday. Fatalities in the country reached 6,159 and the death rate stood at 1.44 percent


[ 3rd Nov 2020, Cox,s Bazar ]  Host Community • WFP video on cash assistance as a lifeline for families like Golam's, who were trying to build a better life before the #COVID19 pandemic dried up their savings and forced them to sell their assets| WFP| Video Link


[ 16th October 2020, Bangladesh ]  The Thomson Reuters Foundation spoke to five garment manufacturers in Bangladesh – which hosts more than half of the 75 suppliers involved in the study – who said they had been forced to cut their prices by 5 to 15 percent. Iqbal Hamid Quraishi, a factory owner and a director at the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, said order volumes had risen since September but prices had fallen.


[ 31st Oct 2020 Bangladesh ]  on Saturday registered 1,320 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, pushing the caseload to 407,684. Besides, 18 more patients died from Covid 19 during the period, taking the fatalities to 5,923. So far, 324I45 patients have recovered from the disease   1,442 in the last 24 hours.


[ 21st October 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  his rapid volume of production was achieved by the combined efforts across Sectors of the humanitarian response, including 40 national and international NGOs, UN Agencies and partners who have worked with Rohingya refugees and the host communities to produce the masks as well as to disseminate messaging on their importance for helping prevent transmission of the virus.


[ 21st October 2020, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ]  HHs are consistently identified as more vulnerable: In Bangladeshi and Rohingya communities, HHs that facing the greatest barriers to meeting their basic needs are: • HH with less access to public space due to mobility restrictions or social norms • HH without access to income or IGA • HH that have more expenses or face greater difficulties meeting their needs


[ October 2020, Bangladesh ]  A study surveying 2,174 women towards the end of this lockdown, published in The Lancet in August, found that during this time women experienced an increase in emotional, sexual, and physical violence. In fact, more than half of those who reported physical violence, such as being slapped or having something thrown at them, said that this violence increased since the onset of the lockdown. For some, this domestic violence was new.


[ October 2020, Bangladesh ]  Provide sufficient training to public prosecutors and police on standards of criminal investigations and on gender equality and women's rights developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs and Bangladeshi women's rights organizations.In accordance with the CEDAW Committee's General Recommendation 33, build on the virtual court infrastructure developed in response to the Covid 19 pandemic to facilitate the holding of online court hearings and online police filing of First Information Reports in cases of gender based violence as well as the collection and storage of case data.


[ September 2020, Bangladesh ]  WFP recruited 906 Communications with Communities volunteers who are disseminating COVID 19 awareness messages at food distribution points.• WFP installed 100 handwashing stations  ( 23 permanent and 77 portable )  in rehabilitated cyclone shelters, along with 23 visibility banners on COVID 19 key awareness messaging. Digital sign boards, also displaying COVID 19 awareness messages, were installed at marketplaces and beach entry points in the host community.


[ 27th Oct 2020, Bangladesh ] Bangladesh on Tuesday saw another spike in Covid 19 cases as health authorities detected 1,335 new patients across the country in 24 hours, taking the total to 401,586. Twenty more patients died from Covid 19 during the period, raising the death toll to 5,838. Besides, 1,523 patients recovered from the disease, and the total recoveries from coronavirus have jumped up to 318,123.


[ 19 25th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Sixteen out of 19 Points of Entry are functional in different strategic points of entry into the camps. BRAC has identified 5 screeners for the three POEs that need human resources who will start next week. Between 19 to 25 October 2020, a total of 81 929 individuals have been screened. The teams continue working to identify febrile passengers and pedestrians for education and referral to health facilities.


[ 2 May, 2021, Bangladesh ]  In the past week  ( epidemiological week 17, 2021 ) , Bangladesh reported 16 621 new cases, a 37.0% decrease compared to last week; the case per 100 000 population per week is 9.8. The country reported 526 new death, a 21.3% decrease; death per 100 000 per week is 0.3. The weekly new test is 153 478  ( daily average: 21 925 ) , a 12.5% decrease than the week before; tests per 100 000 per week is 90; the weekly average test positivity rate  ( TPR )  is 10.8%, TPR decreased by 28.0% from last week. Overall Case Fatality Ratio  ( CFR )  is 1.52% which was 1.48% last week.


[ 30th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  Since the beginning of the pandemic, 3,565 have died in Dhaka division, 1,257 in Chittagong, 406 in Rajshahi, 498 in Khulna, 219 in Barishal, 265 in Sylhet, 301 in Rangpur, and 133 in Mymensingh.


[ Jan  Jul 2020, Bangladesh ]  Refugee Poor living conditions constitute a protection risk for all refugees, but women, who are faced with increased GBV risks and the closure of some WFS, and children, who are not in school or attending Child Friendly Spaces  ( CFS ) , are most at risk.


[ 12th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  The necessary momentum to recover a reasonable growth rate has not yet been achieved. This article outlines an aggressive program to deal with the five key action areas: Increasing government expenditures that have a stronger impact on GDP growth, increasing the flow of money to poor households, increasing export competitiveness, reforming the financial system, and taking actions to increase private investment. Government expenditures should be increased as much as feasible. Ideally, this can be done with many small construction projects that can be initiated rapidly and that use largely domestic resources.


[ 30th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  The country has now logged a total of 464,932 coronavirus cases, with 2,525 people testing positive in the 24 hours till Monday morning. As many as 15,372 samples, including pending ones, were tested at 118 authorized labs    both government and private    across the country.


[ 7 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Host/Refugee: c )  Perception and attitudes towards the other ( PO )  : For the host community, preference for interaction and engagement with Rohingya was much lower than the willingness of Rohingya to engage with Bangladeshis.


[ 19 April 2021, Bangladesh ] Hospitals nearing limits: Hospitals are now struggling to accommodate the increasing number of patients and are running low on beds and oxygen There are 11,706 general beds for Covid 19 patients and 5,717 of them are currently occupied. Overall, there are 940 ICU beds across the country and only 206 are available, the DGHS said.


[ 12 18 April 2021, Bangladesh Cox's Bazar ] EWARS Reporting Updates: Total 174 health facilities registered in EWARS ▪ Only 130/174 weekly reports received on time in week 15 ▪ Fourth seven  ( 47 )  alerts were triggered in week 15 ▪ Timeliness for this week is 75% ▪ All alerts were reviewed and verified by WHO EWARS team, the number is less than that of previous week  ( 75 in week 14 ) .


[ 15 31 March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Since May 2018 until February 2021, the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar had registered 165 fires, with 6 deaths reported, a hundred of injured and a thousand of shelters damaged.

Casualties->Missing
Casualties->Dead
Shock/event->Type and characteristics


[ 24th May   6th June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Host: While the overall positivity of the samples tested in the district is 9.9%, a decreasing trend in the positive cases among the host community has been observed in the past few weeks. In week 22, 290 cases tested positive, with a test positivity rate of 11.1%, in comparation with week 20 when 432 positive cases were registered. To date, a total of 96 deaths have been reported in the host community, with a case fatality ratio of 1.0%.


[ 8th  14th February 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Currently, 36 Rohingya refugees are in home quarantine in the camps as of 14 February 2021. • From the host community: There have been 24 positive cases in the reporting period. • A total of 112 persons are currently in home quarantine according to the Civil Surgeon Office in Cox's Bazar as of 14 February 2021


[ 24th May   6th June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Both Host and Refugees: Between early April 2020 and 23 May 2021, a total of 158 008 tests for COVID 19 have been conducted of which 139 809 are from Cox's Bazar district and the remainder from Bandarban and Chittagong districts. A slight decrease in the number of tests conducted among the Rohingya refugees was observed in weeks 21 22 19 as compared to weeks 19 2017 18, from 2484 to 2351 tests. However, among the host community an increased number was tested: from 5290 tests in weeks 19 20 to 5936 tests in week 21 22. Currently, 33 sample collection sites are operating for suspected COVID 19 patients.


[ 26 th Oct  1st Nov 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Thirteen out of 19 Points of Entry  ( PoEs )  are functional in different strategic locations into the camps. During the reporting period, a total of 39 190 individuals have been screened. Support is ongoing to identify febrile passengers and pedestrians for education and referrals to health facilities.


[ 26th Nov 2020, Bangladesh ]  Health authorities on Thursday detected 2,292 new patients across the country in 24 hours, taking the total to 456,438.During the period, 37 more patients died from Covid 19, raising the death toll to 6,524.So far, 371,453 patients – 81.38 percent    including 2,274 new ones in the last 24 hours have recovered.


[ July  December 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Among the Rohingya refugees, 22 692 tests had been conducted and 366 had tested positive for COVID19  ( 48% male and 52% female ) . The numbers of fatalities was 73  ( host community )  and ten  ( FDMN/Rohingya refugees )  respectively. The case fatality ratio was 1.4% among the host community in the Cox's Bazar district, and 2.7% among the FDMN/Rohingya refugee.


[ 9th September 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Kind of feedback: 1. Information request  ( e.g. timing of distribution and targeting criteria etc )  2. Assistance request  ( e.g. emergency food assistance request and referral to external/internal focal point )  3. Complaint/Negative feedback  ( e.g. entitlement quantity, entitlement quality, safety, fraud/diversion/misuse. )  4. Positive feedback  ( e.g. appreciation to WFP for assistance provided and issue resolved etc )  5. Technical problem  ( e.g. an issue with one of WFP's digital solutions, such as SCOPE )  6. Data amendment  ( e.g., A request to amend or withdraw personal data )


[ 03rd Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  However, and of concern, since October there has been less interest in information about the pandemic because of a growing sense that COVID 19 does not exist, and little interest in concerns about an upcoming second wave over the winter


[ 25th Nov 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh saw a spike in daily Covid 19 deaths on Wednesday as health authorities registered 39 deaths with 2,156 new infections and 2,302 recovery in 24 hours. With the latest count the total tally of infection and death reached 454,146 and 6,487 respectively.The death rate stood at 1.43 percent while so far, 369,179 patients which is 81.29 percent have recovered, said the Directorate General of Health Services.


[ Jan  Jul 2020, Bangladesh ]  Refugee Continue supporting the COVID 19 emergency response to the targeted population groups, as COVID 19 positive SAM children are eligible for hospitalization and treatment in Stabilization Centres of SARI ITCs, and reports are collected through the Health Sector. Simultaneously, the Nutrition Sector partners will provide on site treatment for COVID 19 positive SAM and MAM older persons through home based care in close partnership with the Health Sector. Separate reporting will be collected and analyzed.


[ 26th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  As the Covid 19 pandemic changed the dynamics for public transportation, relentless calls for social distancing and essential health directives were left unheard. Buses and other public transports remain packed.


[ 27 April, 2021, Bangladesh ]  All incoming/outgoing passengers shall mandatorily possess PCR based COVID 19 negative certificate. The PCR test shall be done within 72 hours of the flight departure time.


[ 29th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  At the conference room of the Dhaka Deputy Commissioner's  ( DC )  Office on Johnson Road in the capital city, 20 children from the Children's Forum of ‘Shishuder Jonno' living in Rayerbazar and Chand Udyan areas talked to DC Mohammad Shahidul Islam for about two hours on Sunday about the problems of disadvantaged children in the area and the capital. According to the children present there, the educational institutions have been closed for nine months and the children are turning away from formal education.


[ Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  493 individuals were screened and 14 admitted to IOM's three SARI ITCs in Camps 2W, 20 Extension and 24. Since the beginning of the COVID 19 response, IOM SARI ITCs have admitted a total of 613 patients.

Covid-19->Hospitalization & care
Covid-19->Restriction measures


[ 29th Nov 2020, Bangladesh ]  According to them, more than 17 child marriages have taken place in the area during Civid 19, out of which 7 have been closed through children's forums.


 [ 20th December 2020, Bangladesh ]   Some adolescents, from both wider and indigenous communities, say they find it challenging to adjust to the transition of learning experience from real' classroom to mobile based virtual classes. As a result, despite having internet access and equipment  ( phones )  they're unwilling to attend online classes.
However, some students say they're concerned and upset about falling behind in certain subjects. Besides their studies, students say they miss extracurricular activities which they used to do when schools were open. Community feedback suggests that they miss the ‘good time' they had being with fellow students in the school environment.


[ 28th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ] Refugees: Many participants suggested that the frequency of distributions needs to increase, especially for perishable items. They said this would help them manage their rations throughout the month, increase their access to fresh foods, and prevent them from having to throw away rotting food.

Priority interventions->Expressed by population


[ 1 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  In addition to the fire itself, the humanitarian response can contribute to environmental degradation. Pollution stemming from emergency food distributions and the loss of sanitation and hygiene facilities, such as latrines and waste collection points, can have long term adverse effects on the environment both in the affected area and downstream. Therefore, quantifying the impact of a fire on the environment is critical to identify solutions to rehabilitate the ecosystem services and improve the living conditions within the camps.


[ 20th December 2020, Bangladesh ]   According to the community feedback Adolescent sex workers based in Dhaka city corporation area, say they're facing hardship due to reduced income because of COVID 19 pandemic. They say their earning has reduced as they get more rickshaw pullers as customers than businessmen.


[ 27th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Women and girl's empowerment has to be pursued with due considerations versus the characteristic of the Rohingya society which is quite conservative towards women: engagement of women and girls in hygiene promotion activities should be encouraged and discussed with due care.


[ 1st December 2020, Bangladesh ]  So far, 380,711 patients – 81.89 percent    including 2,539 new ones in the last 24 hours have recovered.


[ 2nd December 2020, Bangladesh ]  The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved in principle a proposal of the Health Services Division to procure Covid 19 vaccine directly from any organisation through negotiations without following any bidding process.


[ September 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: Access to justice was negatively affected in the camps due to the reduced footprint of humanitarian actors and authorities. The resulting impunity with which criminal elements operated provided further incentive for organized criminal gangs to expand their activities. The lack of timely solutions has been perceived by refugees to be the result of ineffective follow up, which negatively affected refugees' trust in the legal process. At the same time, the reduced presence of protection actors impacted negatively on the delivery of legal assistance. In an effort to seek swift solutions, refugees have continued to look to ad hoc dispute resolution mechanisms through majhis, CPP volunteers and other non legal actors, which has led to numerous reports of corruption, bias, and extortion. Very few legal literacy and counselling sessions have been held as a result of COVID 19 restrictions. Moving forward this needs to be addressed to ensure refugees have access to fair, legal based dispute resolution mechanisms despite the COVID 19 restrictions in place


[ 4th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  The government has said that it will initially provide 30 million free doses of vaccine to the citizens of the country selecting the recipients following the protocol of the World Health Organisation


[ 5th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  It is the first official lockdown in Bangladesh to tackle the deadly coronavirus. On March 26 last year, the government had declared general holidays along with a transport shutdown instead of enforcing lockdown as the country was witnessing the surge in coronavirus transmission.


[ 2nd Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh on Wednesday reported 2,198 new Covid 19 cases in 24 hours, bringing the caseload to 469,423.


[ October 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  SMSD Sector partners provided COVID 19 key messages and updates through awarenessraising campaigns, reaching 64,304 individuals. Partners checked temperatures of 71,077 individuals at 10 Camp Point of Entry stations.


[ 31st March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The fire resulted in eleven deaths that have been confirmed by Government authorities and a significant number of injuries, a vast majority of them mild in nature including superficial burns.

Casualties->Dead
Shock/event->Type and characteristics


[ 16th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  The record breaking surge of Covid 19 in Bangladesh is showing no signs of letting up, with the highest ever 101 deaths recorded in the 24 hours till Friday morning. This was the fifth time in the last seven days that the country broke its record for most Covid 19 deaths in a single day. The total fatalities in the country now stands at 10,182, according to health directorate data collected between 8am Thursday and 8am Friday.


[ 16th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  Since the beginning of the pandemic, 5,913 people have died in Dhaka division, 1,828 in Chittagong, 544 in Rajshahi, 633 in Khulna, 305 in Barisal, 347 in Sylhet, 397 in Rangpur, and 215 in Mymensingh. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far stands at 1.43%.


[ 31 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Preplanned COVID 19 vaccination should continue to operate as much as possible, as per prioritization identified by the Government of Bangladesh and Routine immunization should continue as much as possible with complete adherence to the preventive measures against COVID 19


[ 31st Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  On the other hand, parents of adolescent girls are blaming their daughters for what they see as the necessity of child marriage. Parents from Barguna say the combination of ample spare time and excessive social media use means adolescents are getting involved in romantic relationships and request their parents to allow them to get married. If their parents refuse, the girls threaten to commit suicide. As there have been local incidents of adolescent suicide, parents say they have no choice but to agree to these requests.


[ 28 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  KEY LESSONS LEARNED AND WAY FORWARD: • Due to a lack of proper forecasting and demand for vaccines, a shortage of critical vaccines such as FMD and LSD is harming the economics of dairy and beef cattle farms.


[ 28 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  COVID 19 added significant challenges to achieving nutrition outcomes due to only a few large firms investing and a lack of incentives from government.


[ 3rd Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Dr Be Nazir also echoed Muzaher saying it is now necessary to know how much people of the country have so far been infected with the virus through a rapid anti body test or a survey. “We need to decide whether we'll give the vaccine to those who have already beat the virus,' he said.


[ September 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  316 community Volunteers distribute COVID 19 awareness leaflets through household visits; take care of WASH facilities  ( boreholes, tap stands ) , and assist with WASH materials distributions


[ September 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Priorities in the following month   Emergency support will continue for households with shelters damaged by the monsoon   Construction of 2,450 mid term shelters   Shelter  ( non food items )  distributions supported by the German Red Cross


[ 6th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Over half of the latest fatalities took place in Dhaka Division alone. Of the 31 deceased, including 24 men and seven women, 18 were from the Dhaka Division, three from Chittagong, two each from Rangpur, Barisal, Sylhet and Mymensingh divisions, and one each from the Rajshahi and Khulna divisions. Of them, 30 died at different hospitals while one died at home.Of the 31 people who died, none were under 30. Only one from the 31 40 age group succumbed to the disease. From the 41 50 and 51 60 age groups, five and four people died, respectively, with the virus killing the highest 21 people aged above 60.


[ 31 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Efforts should be made to provide information to humanitarian workers, first responders, construction workers and anyone else involved in recovery and cleaning of flooded edifices and debris, including that they should wear appropriate personal protective equipment to avoid potential exposure to infections and diseases. While volunteering, assisting or staying in shelters, face masks should be worn appropriately at all times, hand hygiene and respiratory hygiene measures should be practiced.


• [ 31 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Listen to and follow advice from trusted authorities if and when the tap/piped water is safe to drink. Use the water tre• Listen to and follow advice from trusted authorities if and when the tap/piped water is safe to drink. Use the water treatment tablets that are being provided in the meantime by the volunteersatment tablets that are being provided in the meantime by the volunteers


[ 12th December 2020, Bangladesh ]   The minister said the government has increased bed capacity for Covid 19 patients to provide necessary medical services to protect them from the killer disease . “We have widened testing facilities at the quickest possible time to detect the coronavirus positive cases….Now the number of testing lab stands at 140 while the government has installed central oxygen system in 59 public hospitals to treat the Covid 19 patients,' he added.Maleque said Bangladesh witnessed lower Covid 19 fatality rate as the government has taken multiple preventive measures to deal with the pandemic.


[ 11th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  While the death toll now stands at 6,967, the number of people infected with Covid 19 has reached 4,85,965. So far, some 410,452 patients  ( 84.86% ) , including 4,486 new ones, have recovered in the past 24 hours, as per the health data.


[ 31 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  During return to shelters and or facilities, be aware of any risk of snakes, and snake bites and therefore should; • Use rods and sticks to sift through their belongings and create vibrations.


[ September 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  To control the outbreak of COVID 19, the BDRCS Integrated Isolation and Treatment Centre  ( IITC )  in Camp 2E continues to treat patients with mild to moderate COVID 19 symptoms. Out of 914 treated people, 172 patients were referred to the IOM 2W SARI ITC and MSF Kutupalong Main Clinic for COVID 19 RT PCR sample collection. Additional construction  ( finishing works )  is underway at the second BDRCS IITC  ( in Camp 7 ) , as part of a restructure to standardize isolation and treatment facilities


[ 20th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  The local airways on April 7 sought permission to operate flights on domestic routes while strictly following health guidelines. Domestic flight operators have claimed that they ensure health safety facilities in and out of the air crafts during travel. All airlines are always under monitoring by the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh  ( CAAB ) , aiming to control the transmission of the virus.


[ 18 March 2021, Bangladesh ] : IGP Benazir said 45 lakh people in the country have so far been provided with the coronavirus vaccine. “Even after receiving the vaccine, everyone must follow the health rules.'


[ 18 March 2021, Bangladesh ] : Bangladesh's daily coronavirus infection rate jumped to 10.45 percent with 2,187 new cases. The death tally climbed to 8,624 with 16 more deaths. Bangladesh has so far reported 564,939 cases with the first ones reported on March 8 last year.


[ 6th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  All restaurants and eateries will be allowed to offer dine in facilities at half capacity between 6am and 10pm every day. They will also continue to provide online, takeaway or home delivery services.


[ September 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  BDRCS Field Hospital: In September, 6,905 people  ( 6,333 new patients )  were served at the BDRCS field hospital. The outpatient department  ( OPD ) , pathology, antenatal care  ( ANC )  and inpatient units provided the major clinical services during this month. There was a 52 per cent increase in patient flow compared to the previous month  ( 4,163


[ 2nd December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has been witnessing an upward trend in weekly death toll with 38 more people succumbing to infections from Covid 19 in the 24 hours till Wednesday morning. The latest death tally pushed up the curve to 6,713 in the country, since recording first coronavirus fatality on march 18. In the last seven days, the country logged 226 deaths, up from the 212 casualties in the previous week ending November 25. Between November 12 and 18, there were 148 casualties.


[ 4th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  As on 03 January 2021, overall attack rate  ( AR )  in Bangladesh is 303 per 100,000 population and 100%  ( 64/64 )  of districts with the estimated total population of 170,306,468 have reported confirmed COVID 19 cases. In the reported week  ( week 53 ) , COVID 19 weekly average AR increased by 1.3% from the previous week  ( 303 and 299 per 100,000 population respectively ) .


As of 03 January 2021, 68.7% of reported cases were from Dhaka division, 12.3% from Chattogram, Khulna and Rajshahi – 4.8%, Rangpur – 3.0%, Sylhet – 2.9%, Barishal – 2.0% and the lowest 1.5% from Mymensingh division. While, 54.9% of the reported death were from Dhaka division, 18.7% from Chattogram, Khulna – 7.0%, Rajshahi – 5.7%, Rangpur – 4.5%, Sylhet – 3.8%, Barishal – 3.2% and the lowest 2.2% from Mymensingh division.


[ 10th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Dr Faisel said the quality of the vaccine will degrade if the doses are not properly preserved, transported, distributed and vaccinated. “That's why we need a monitoring team.


[ 19 May, 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: Identified Needs and Remaining Gaps: The exclusion of protection from the list of critical activities during the lockdown, published by the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner  ( RRRC )  has led to much of the legal protection and community based protection work being delivered remotely. Direct contact with community volunteer structures has been impacted and there is an overt dependence on online modalities for communication and monitoring. The reduction of protection related work in the camps, if it continues, will affect the momentum of community based volunteer structures.

Humanitarian access->Relief to population


[ 13th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Amid the global concern over the second wave of Covid 19 infections, the health authorities in Bangladesh on Saturday reported 34 more deaths in 24 hours, raising the death toll to 7,020.


[ 21st Dec 2020, Bangladesh ] The government has suspended indefinitely the activities of the International Rescue Committee  ( IRC )  for carrying out projects without the approval of the proper authorities.

Humanitarian access->Population to relief


[ 6th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  The health authority also recorded 31 more deaths from the disease during that time, bringing the fatalities to 6,838.The mortality rate, however, is still 1.43%, said the Directorate General of Health Services.


[ 18th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far stands at 1.45%.


[ 10th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Amid rise in Covid  19 infections in Bangladesh, health authoroties onWednesday reported 2,159 new cases in 24 hours, pushing the country's total tally to 484,104.


Refugee:  [ 31st October 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  An estimated 500 HHs are expected to be relocated due to the upcoming ADB and WB road expansions. However, there is not enough shelter or space to accommodate all displaced families.


[ 21st Feb 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Hosts Rising food expenditure in hosts due to food price hikes over the period and lack of protection policies from market fluctuations. Increase in food expenditure exerts direct pressure on share of NFI expenditure. Price increases not unique to Cox's Bazar but consistent with national price trends  ( esp. 2020 due to pandemic )


[ 16th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh's Covid 19 fatalities rose to 7,156 on Wednesday morning with reports of 27 more deaths in 24 hours, the health authorities said.The mortality rate stands at 1.44 percent, said the Directorate General of Health Services.


[ 18th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  The country also logged a total of 498,293 coronavirus cases with 1,318 people testing positive over the same period.


[ March 21, 2021, Bangladesh Chattogram ] :Bangladesh started its countrywide vaccination drive on February 7. By Sunday, 4,840,969 people received the first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. The second dose has to be taken between 8 and 12 weeks of the first one.


[ 18th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  As of 17 January 2021, 68.8% of reported cases were from Dhaka division, 12.4% from Chattogram, Khulna – 4.8%, Rajshahi – 4.7%, Rangpur – 3.0%, Sylhet – 2.9%, Barishal – 2.0% and the lowest 1.5% from Mymensingh division. While, 55.4% of the reported death were from Dhaka division, 18.5% from Chattogram, Khulna – 6.8%, Rajshahi – 5.6%, Rangpur – 4.5%, Sylhet – 3.8%, Barishal – 3.1% and the lowest 2.3% from Mymensingh division.


[ 29th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  In a gazette notification issued on Wednesday, the current restrictions have been extended till May 5. The experts further said the government should ensure that the recent downward trend in Covid 19 cases continued. To make that possible, the government should continue the ongoing restrictions on public movement, they said.


[ 22nd March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: "UNICEF expresses its deepest sympathy to the Rohingya refugees affected by the fire in the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. The fire has already caused enormous devastation, spreading rapidly through refugee camps and displacing thousands of people. While large scale evacuations have taken place, the full extent of the disaster is yet to be confirmed.

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[ 21st Dec 2020 Bangladesh ]  The health authorities said 2,167 people recovered from the disease over the preceding 24 hours. So far, 439,694 patients   87.56% of all infected   have made full recovery across the country.


[ 4th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Maintaining health protocols, kitchen market and essentials goods could be sold in open spaces from 08:00 hrs to 16:00 hrs. Market authority/local administration will ensure the matter; Bangladesh Bank will provide necessary direction to continue banking system in limited scale;


[ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Host Community: About 60 percent of high exposure host households were consuming more than the WHO recommended minimum of 2,100 ries per person3 , whereas in low exposure areas this stands at 49 percent of households. While the average number of food groups consumed is the same across the two areas, 38 percent of host households living in low exposure areas consumed fewer than 10 food groups compared to 31 percent in the high exposure areas.4 These low exposure households also reported adopting more severe food coping strategies at higher rates than high exposure households.


[ 2 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  New learners couldn't be enrolled and to wait till the resume of Educational activities.


[ 1 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Three years after extreme violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar, sparked a massive refugee influx into Bangladesh, there are 884,041 Rohingya refugees living in 34 congested camps in Cox's Bazar District.


[ 22 28March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Cox's Bazar district: A total of 205 new COVID 19 positive cases were reported in Cox's Bazar districtfrom 22 28 March 2021 according to the Civil Surgeon Office. The first laboratory confirmed case was identified in Cox's Bazar on 23 March2020.


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[ 29th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The different needs of women, girls, men and boys during and after this massive fire outbreak must be assessed. Incorporating sex, age and disability disaggregated  ( SADDD )  data and gender analysis in assessments is necessary to ensure that the interventions leave no one behind. To ensure minimum standards, assessment teams must at least include females, and ideally be gender balanced.


[ 21 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Along with locational and resource considerations, potential prevention strategies and measures to mitigate drowning risks should be appropriate to the child's developmental stage to maximize their effectiveness  ( Peden et al, 2008 ) . Different interventions are required for different age groups.


[ 3 May, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Earlier, on April 28, the government has issued six fresh directives imposing restrictions on people's movement alongside the existing ones as the country is struggling to contain the Coviid 19 transmission.


[ 18th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladeshi migrant workers sent $10.9 billion back to the country as remittance in the first five months of FY2020 2021, even though a large contingent of the migrant workers have returned to the country since April this year due to the Covid 19 pandemic.


[ 27th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: With 500 cubic meters of solid waste produce daily in the targeted area , SMW remains one of the main challenges as only 51% of the refugee households are disposing waste in designated area and 27% are reporting the presence of garbage near their houses.


[ 5th August 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  4,142 latrines, 1,461 bathing cubicles, 726 tube wells and 198 tap stands have been damaged or contaminated. 31 Faecal Sludge Treatment Plans  ( FSTPS )  have been affected throughout all camps.


[ Week 14, 5 11 April, 2021, Bangladesh ]  In week 14, 13 suspected measles cases were reported through weekly reporting made 232 cases in total in 2021. Out of those 176 cases  ( 76% )  reported through case based reporting and samples collected for laboratory confirmation


Host:  [ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Among non wage workers, high exposure hosts faced much lower income losses  ( 15 percent )  than their counterparts in low exposure areas  ( 43 percent ) . With high exposure hosts more dependent on agriculture and low exposure hosts on industrial and service sector


[ 10 May, 2021, Bangladesh ] The government has ordered the officials of all government, semi government autonomous and private organisations, banks and financial institutions to remain at their respective workstations during the upcoming Eid ul Fitr holidays.


Refugee:  [ November 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Working Group's response strategy: Promote the centrality of protection in order to ensure a conducive protection environment through a whole systems approach which:   integrates age, gender and diversity principles throughout the response and ensures that the principles of “DO NO HARM' and “LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND' are the foundations of all sectoral activities   Places refugees at the center of the response through a rights based community approach which promotes community representation mechanisms across camps, community feedback mechanisms and safeguards communities from PSEA.   Institutionalizes protection and accountability principles by building the capacity of administrative, judicial and law enforcement authorities, prioritizes access to formal and informal justice mechanisms, safety and security, and leverages the complementarity of humanitarian and development initiatives


[ November 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Working Group's response strategy : Implement a protection monitoring framework in order to ensure evidence based advocacy efforts and an inclusive rights based approach which addresses the tailored protection challenges of persons with specific needs, whilst strengthening peaceful co existence between host and refugee communities and enhancing alternative dispute mechanisms as well as legal services to address protection risks and case management associated with HLP, trafficking, and other legal protection issues. • Identified girls and boys at risk who received specialized age and gender sensitive child protection services through individual case management to meet their unique needs. • Case Management including Psychosocial support  ( PSS ) , Psychological First Aid  ( PFA ) , and referrals of GBV survivors and integrated SRH, community outreach and awareness for both camps and host communities.

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[ Week 14, 5 11 April, 2021, Bangladesh ]  A total of 3, 855 cases of diarrhoeal diseases reported in EWARS in week 14. ▪ Among which 2,518 cases  ( 3.5% )  reported as acute watery diarrhoea  ( AWD ) , remaining 965  ( 1.4% )  and 372  ( 0.5% )  cases as other and bloody diarrhea, respectively.


[ 27th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  According to DGHS, as of 27 December 2020, the current institutional quarantine capacity in the country is represented by 629 centres across the 64 districts, which can receive 31,991 persons. A total of 44,848 individuals were placed in quarantine facilities and of them 41,751  ( 93.1% )  have already been released. Over the same period, total of 95,861 individuals were isolated in designated health facilitates and of them 84,015  ( 87.6% )  have been released.


[ 21 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The reoccurrence of children with epilepsy drowning in the camps is an important finding. Numerous researchers have highlighted the increased risks of drowning due to pre existing medical conditions, and particular focus has been given to epilepsy  ( Bell et al, 2008; Besag, 2001 ) . Previous studies from HICs have found that children with epilepsy are at a much higher risk of drowning and submersion than children who do not have epilepsy  ( Franklin et al, 2017; Diekema et al, 1993; Kemp and Sibert, 1993; Pearn et al, 1978 ) .


[ 15 31 March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  As of 28 March 2021, a total of 6014 individuals from the host community in Cox's Bazar district have tested positive for COVID 19: 565 in Chokoria, 105 in Kutubdia, 400 in Moheshkhali, 225 in Pekua, 424 in Ramu, 3170 in Sadar, 501 in Teknaf and 624 in Ukhiya.


[ 28th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  No one is allowed to enter Bangladesh from India through any land, sea or airports  ( excluding transportation of goods ) . However, only Bangladeshis whose visas have expired can enter Bangladesh with special consideration subject to obtaining permission / no objection clearance from the Bangladesh High Commission in India.


[ 7th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  In the epidemiological week 49, number of new cases in Bangladesh is 15,138; case per 100,000 population per week is 8.9. New death is 229; death per 100,000 per week is 0.13. Weekly new tests is 107,197; tests per 100,000 per week is 62.9; weekly test positivity is 14.12.


[ 15 21 March 2021, Cox's Bazar Bangladesh ]  As of 21 March 2021, 5,811 cases and 73 deaths have been reported from the host community in Cox's Bazar; A total of 92 new cases were recorded among the host community from 15 21 March 2021.


[ 26th July   1st August 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees:The weekly English and Bangla radio script on COVID 19 update was aired through Bangladesh Betar 100.8 fm and Community Radio Naf 99.2 fm. Public health messages and technical inputs for Information, Education & Communication  ( IEC )  materials on COVID 19 vaccination campaign for Rohingya refugees were shared.


[ 25th Dec 2020,Bangladesh ]  The test positivity rate never went below a double digit from May 3 to October 23 and again from October 25 to December 14. Since December 15 till Friday, this rate has always been less than 10% except for that of December 19 when it was 10.30%. This clearly depicts a downward trend in the test positivity rate, where the average figure till date stands at 16.11%.


[ 25th Dec 2020,Bangladesh ]  The division wise data shows that 12 deaths took place in Dhaka division, three in Chittagong, two each in Khulna and Rangpur, and one in Mymensingh. Among the total 7,398 deaths, 4,044 deaths occurred in Dhaka division, 1,379 in Chittagong division, 431 in Rajshahi division, 522 in Khulna division, 236 in Barisal division, 290 in Sylhet division, 333 in Rangpur division, and 163 in Mymensingh division


[ 23   29th Nov 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  From early April until 6 December 2020, a total of 74 530 tests for COVID 19 have been conducted of which 63 592 are from Cox's Bazar district and the remainder from Bandarban and Chittagong districts. A decrease in the number of tests conducted among the Rohingya was observed in week 49  ( from 1477 to 1230 tests per one million population )  but a slight increase was observed in the host community population  ( from 1509 to 1553 tests per one million population ) .


[ 23   29th Nov 2020, Camp, Cox's Bazar ] A camp wise dedicated Contact Tracing  ( CT )  network  ( 34 supervisors and 311 volunteers )  has been embedded in the RIRT in camps, having captured 91%  ( 1242/1362 )  of the contacts in the go.data, 79% of contacts have completed their follow up, while 1.1%  ( 13 )  of known contacts became positive COVID 19 cases and 4.8%  ( 13/269 )  cases have contacted with a suspected or confirmed COVID 19 case. WHO is closely supporting the CT activity through the field surveillance network. During epidemiology week 49, between 30 November   06 December, seven new COVID 19 cases were confirmed in the Rohingya refugee camps.


[ 31st Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Getting every member of the Rohiyanga community to adopt proper handwashing practice was a challenge; the issue was given highs priority and assigned hygiene promoters are constantly working to raise awareness about washing hands regularly.


[ 13th December 2020 Bangladesh ]  Also, 1,355 new cases were reported during the period, pushing up the country's infection tally to 490,533. The mortality rate, however, stood at 1.44%, said the Directorate General of Health Services. So far, 420,896 patients – 85.80% – have recovered.


[ 12th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Host Community• High no. of COVID 19 cases diagnosed in Cox's Bazar Sada


[ 17th December 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Community views on early marriage: People attributed increasing early marriage rates to girls' insecurity, poverty, lack of education options for adolescent girls, traditional social pressure, and the higher number of women who work outside the home than in Myanmar. “Child marriage might be illegal, but it's lawful according to our religion. But after, there are consequent problems because of the lack of experience and knowledge of the spouses.' “It's increasing because the girls who are underage have gotten a chance to work with humanitarians, where they fall in love with boys but don't have enough knowledge or experience about how to act.'


[ 30th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  Due to COVID 19 pandemic the usual learning activities have been suspended. Nonetheless, UNHCR worked with the education sector partners to disseminate caregiver led education guidelines in the camps to support caregivers and parents in facilitating some learning in their homes while the facilities remain closed.


[ 15th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  According to DGHS, the groups or professionals listed by the Covid 19 Vaccine Management Taskforce are health care professionals at government treatment facilities, private sector health workers, police officials  ( primarily those working at root level such as traffic constables ) , administration officials   civil surgeons, deputy commissioners, ministry officials, public representatives, freedom fighters, journalists and most importantly the elders  ( people aged 60 and above ) . Speaking to Dhaka Tribune, Dr Habibur Rahman, director of DGHS's Management Information System  ( MIS )  said: “I am not sure about public representatives being included in the vaccination list. Those who are exposed to the deadly virus will get the vaccine on a priority basis.'


[ 15th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Dr Shamsul said public representatives may be under consideration for vaccine priority as some of them must be in regular physical contact with the public for relief distribution and other work.When asked about the distribution of the vaccine, he said: “We have just asked the country's civil surgeons to send a list of healthcare professionals, including field workers, from their respective districts. Once the lists arrive, we will confirm how many vaccines will be provided to other professionals or any other groups.'


[ 1 30 November 2020, Bangladesh ]  Refugee: UNHCR supported SARI ITCs in Ukhiya and Kutupalong as well as an ICU in the local District hospital have provided some 550 patients from the camps and the host community with support and care to date. As of 30 November, 350 patients were successfully treated and discharged. The facilities continue to have sufficient capacity to deal with the number of cases identified.


Host:  [ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Host communities also reported increased rates of labor force participation, and this was accompanied by a 7 percent decline in the employment rate; and a similar rise in the unemployment rates. High exposure hosts demonstrate relatively smaller changes from baseline across all indicators, in comparison to low exposure hosts.


[ 18th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Of the 25 deceased – 16 men and nine women – 18 were from Dhaka division, three from Rajshahi, two from Sylhet, and one each from Chittagong and Khulna divisions. Of the victims, 24 died at different hospitals and one at home. So far, 5,505 men  ( 76.28% )  and 1,712 women  ( 23.72% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country.


[ 14th Jan 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: “E block is completely burned down,' said the refugee, Mohammed Arakani. “There is nothing left. There was nothing saved. Everything is burned down.' “Everyone is crying,' he added. “They lost all their belongings. They lost everything … all their goods.'


[ 4th 10th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar Bangladesh ]  Illegal Rohingya Movement: There were some reports that Rohingyas were willing to move to Bashan Char in order to escape the recent fighting in the camps. Others, however, have sought more direct roots out of the camps. On October 7, a 13 year old Rohingya girl was arrested while attempting to get fraudulent identity papers at Chattogram Passport Office.


[ 10 May, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh Situation: Between 8 March 2020 and 09 May 2021, according to the DGHS Press Release <https://corona.gov.bd/press release> there were seven hundred seventy three thousand, five hundred thirteen  ( 773 513 )  COVID 19 cases confirmed by RTPCR, GeneXpert, and Rapid Antigen tests including eleven thousand, nine hundred thirty four  ( 11 934 )  related deaths  ( CFR 1.54% ) . Bangladesh is among the top 33 countries and accounts for 0.49% of the COVID 19 cases of the world.


[ 21 April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Under the circumstances, the Ministry of Agriculture has recommended providing Tk 5,000 to each farmer as they are affected by double blows    natural calamity and Covid 19 pandemic.


[ 4th 10th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar Bangladesh ]  Four men including three Rohingya and one Bangladeshi are killed in gunfights between two Rohingya gangs in Kutupalong camp. The deceased included siblings Mohammadullah alias Gias Uddin and Md Faruk, brothers of Rohingya leader Munna and Nurul Huda, son of Nur Hossain, residents of Rongikhali area of Hnila union in Teknaf upazila.


[ 10 May, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Surveillance & Laboratory: As of 09 May 2021, 70.9% of reported cases were from Dhaka division  ( 61.0% at Dhaka city ) , Chattogram – 12.6%, Rajshahi – 4.2%, Khulna – 4.1%, Sylhet – 2.7%, Rangpur – 2.3%, Barishal – 2.0% and the lowest 1.2% from Mymensingh division. While 58.0% of the reported death were from Dhaka division  ( 34.8% at Dhaka city ) , Chattogram – 18.5%, Khulna – 6.1%, Rajshahi – 5.2%, Rangpur – 3.6%, Sylhet – 3.5%, Barishal – 3.0%, and the lowest 2.1% from Mymensingh division.


[ 26th April   2nd May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  In week 17, 26 deaths were recorded   • 38%  ( n=10 )  were due to causes classified as “Others' • 27%  ( n=7 )  as still birth  ( Born Dead )  • 35%  ( n=9 )  as neonatal  ( <28 days old )  • Out of reported deaths, 27% occurred in health facilities and 73% at homes


[ 27th March 2021,Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh recorded 39 deaths from Covid 19 in the last 24 hours   the highest single day death toll reported in the country in the last three months. It was December 15 last when the country had recorded more Covid 19 casualties – 40 deaths.


[ 4 17th Jan 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  However, while Cox's Bazar presented an environment where the virus could spread rapidly   considering the densely populated and fragile setting where traditional measures to contain the virus aren't feasible   nine months since the first Rohingya patient was found positive for COVID 19, laboratory testing indicates that to date 373 refugees have tested positive for COVID 19 and 10 have died.


[ 14th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Community feedback from Moulvibazar and Satkhira suggests people are worried because there appear to be more individuals with COVID 19 symptoms. People from Moulvibazar are buying medicine they believe to be used to treat COVID 19 infections from local pharmacies without a prescription from a certified doctor and without being tested.


[ 10 May, 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: Fresh Food Corners:  ( JANUARY MARCH 2021 )   13 operational fresh food corners at e voucher outlets after the March fire  128,393 vulnerable refugees provided with e voucher top up of USD 3 to access fresh produce every month


[ 03rd Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Devastating flooding in the north and the effect of cyclone Amphan on the coastal areas has increased the economic vulnerability of people living in these geographical areas.


[ 30th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Twenty eight people died in Dhaka Division, six in Chattogram, five in Rajshahi, three in Khulna and one each in Barishal, Mymensingh and Rangpur. So far, 5,081 people died in Dhaka division, 1,628 in Chattogram, 499 in Rajshahi, 577 in Khulna, 273 in Barishal, 317 in Sylhet, 373 in Rangpur and 201 in Mymensingh.


[ 25th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  “Bangladesh is getting the vaccine after India while the other countries will get the vaccine in May June. At first, the government has said to provide the vaccine to eight to 10 districts in Bangladesh but now we have to provide the vaccine in 64 districts of the country which is a big challenge,' he said.


[ 27th March 2021,Bangladesh ]  The DGHS had initially planned to inoculate six million people in the first month of the campaign. People aged 40 years and above now can get registered to receive Covid 19 vaccines, according to sources from the Health Ministry. Health authorities plan to start administering the second dose of the Covid 19 vaccine from April 8.


[ 18th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  As part of this, the ministry was providing training to 42,000 health workers and volunteers as part of the Covid 19 vaccination program, Zahid Maleque said.


[ April  June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The COVID 19 related movement restrictions temporarily interrupted Routine Immunization services in the FDMN/Rohingya refugee camps, especially community outreach. However, some fixed sites continued to provide services on a limited scale. Vaccination services were available at fixed sites  ( 59 health facilities )  and through community out reach sessions provided by 75 vaccination teams


[ 12th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Earlier on Sunday, the ministry approved the National Vaccine Deployment Plan for Covid 19. On Monday, Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  DG Prof ABM Khurshid Alam said that according to Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd the vaccine would arrive by January 25. The vaccine would be stored in Beximco's warehouse and the first instalment of the vaccine would be distributed to the health authorities at the district level within January 27.


[ 29th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Talking about Bangladesh, she said the government adopted comprehensive plans to minimise the impact of the pandemic on the lives and livelihoods of people. “We immediately rolled out a stimulus package worth more than 1.24 trillion taka equivalent to USD 14.58 billion, which is around 4.44% of our GDP.'


[ 23 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Bangladesh is a man  34 centred, patriarchal society with rules of purdah13 minimizing interaction between the sexes. It isolates women socially, and defines acceptable and desirable behaviours and traits for women such as submissive, ignorant, and not independent from men  ( Nidhi K, 2009 ) . Women are dependent on men throughout their lives, with the dominant members in the patriarchal society starting at home: fathers, husbands, brothers, sons  ( Farhana Haque, 2019 ) . Further, Bangladesh as a hierarchical society awards respect due to age and position. Bangladeshis expect the most senior man, by age or position, to make decisions that are in the best interests of the group


[ 1 31st Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Treated and discharged patients ■649 patients successfully treated and discharged.


[ 20th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, Bangladesh on Monday recorded its highest ever Covid 19 deaths    112    over the span of 24 hours, taking the death toll to 10,497. At the same time, another 4,271 people tested positive, which took the total number of cases to 723,221 since March last year. Since Friday, the single day death toll has remained above the 100 mark and, over the last week, Bangladesh recorded on average 96 deaths per day.


[ December 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  A seroprevalence study for COVID 19 was undertaken to measure the presence of antibodies to SARS CoV 2 virus in the population in the camps, giving an indication of the number of present and past infections. A total of 3,699 blood samples were collected from randomly selected households in the camps between 2 to 30 December 2020. Testing of the samples is expected to be completed in January


[ 1 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Various surveys have found that the pandemic has negatively affected the incomes of people with disabilities and their households as they have lost their jobs, resulting in increased food insecurity  ( HI, 2020b; HI, 2020a; Goyal et al., 2020; i2i, 2020; Ahmed et al, 2020; Christensen, 2020a; Christensen, 2020b ) .


[ 14th Jan 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Ninety two percent of the 180 latrines in the block are now functioning, while 72 percent of the 46 bathing spaces damaged in the fire have already been repaired, 13 are being reconstructed. All hand washing devices are now operating again. Some 3000 cubic feet of waste has been collected and disposed in a safe place outside of the camp; NGOF and Solidarities International provided trucks to remove the debris. In order to secure the water supply within the impacted area, minor damages to the existing water network were fixed immediately and a daily distribution of bottled water to the affected families is taking place. More than 100 WASH volunteers have been engaged daily


[ Nov 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: A total of 14 new sta have been recruited for the Utteran ambulance decontamination point and have received training on IPC measures, focusing on ambulance disinfection and waste management and disposal. In November, this unit, together with two other ambulance decontamination units in Camp 20 Extension and Camp 24, cleaned and disinfected 50 ambulances and COVID 19 vehicles.