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[ 1st April 2021,Bangladesh ]  It may be recalled that Bangladesh resumed international flights in June last year after around three months of suspension caused by the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday, the country recorded the highest number of cases in a single day  ( 6,469 )  since the outbreak of the pandemic in March last year. At the same time, 59 new deaths from Covid 19 were also recorded across the country – the highest single day fatalities in nine months.
[ 22 March 2021, Bangladesh Cox's Bazar ]  Movement dynamics: As of 27 March there are approximately 10,100 households confirmed to be from fire affected camps residing outside of their original camps, and approximately 5,000 more persons who fled their camp of origin during the fire, but whose camp of origin is yet to be confirmed.
[ 29th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The referral pathways must be recirculated amongst the affected population as well as frontline responders. Gender based violence  ( GBV )  actors need to ensure robust presence in the affected areas to assist women and girls. Displaced women and girls without male companions must have access to sex segregated safe spaces as alternative accommodations.
[ 28th march 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh witnessed a 13% increase in child marriages during the Covid 19 pandemic last year as the deadly virus massively affected societies and economies, pushing many into extreme poverty. This is the highest rate of child marriage in Bangladesh in the last 25 years.
[ 29th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Priorities for food and NFIs should be determined through consulting with women, girls, men and boys  ( with age and sex segregation )  about their individual and family needs. Measures should be adopted to ensure the inclusion of those who are marginalized and hard to reach, including women and girls with limited mobility, female headed households, lactating and pregnant women, unaccompanied boys and girls, older people, third gender, persons with injuries and persons with disabilities.
[ 25th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Rohingya refugees have previously expressed a desire to be involved in decisionmaking in the response  ( J MSNA 08/2020, PSRP 07/2020, ACAPS & IOM COVID 19 Explained series 2020 ) . The response must include Rohingya refugees in the redevelopment and reconstruction of the camps from the very initial stages, ensuring that key facilities and services are designed in a way that is inclusive and accessible to everyone. The Rohingya should also be engaged through open ended consultative forums, in line with their own preferences.
[ 28th march 2021, Bangladesh ]  Explaining why child marriage has increased during the pandemic, Anam said all educational institutions in the country remained closed to prevent the spread of the virus and many people also lost their jobs. Many parents grew worried about keeping their children with them because of social security concerns. The situation prompted the parents to arrange marriages for their teenage daughters.
[ 28th march 2021, Bangladesh ]  The survey found that the loss of income of parents and school closures amid the pandemic are the main reasons behind the increase in child marriages. As per the official data, 231 child marriages occurred across the country in the first three months  ( March to June )  of the lockdown last year, while the highest number of 61 child marriages took place in the northern district of Kurigram.
[ 23rd March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: A massive fire broke out at approximately 15:20 yesterday  ( 22 March )  in Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar. Fire services are reporting that the barbed wire fencing, erected by the Government of Bangladesh, seriously restricted the ability of refugees to escape the fire, and delayed fire rescue and response operations. Heavy fire fighting machinery could not access one devastated area, known as Camp 9, because the fencing and cement pillars erected cut off access from the main road network.
[ 19th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  COVID 19 cases continued to rise throughout the country in March with 421 new positive cases reported in the host community and 32 in the Rohingya refugee camps.
[ 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. It is important to adopt special measures such as same sex interviews, interviews conducted in private, spaces and at a convenient time for both women and men. Consultations with women and men of all ages are critical to determine the different needs, priorities and capacities, thereby reflecting them in the fire response.
[ 29th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Experiences from previous crises suggest that it is likely that negative coping mechanisms such as early marriage, child labour, sales of assets, and limitation of food intake will be adopted.
[ 23 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Organize awareness programs with parents, religious leaders, and local authorities including teachers, on gender norms and stereotypes and how these deepen the impact of disasters and climate crisis on children especially girls, toward working together to remove gender barriers and support girls to actively participate in the gender responsive DRM interventions
[ 25th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The response needs to consider the information that has been gathered over the last four years about communication needs, especially for women, older people, and persons with disabilities, when preparing communication materials post fire. This is imperative to ensure that all the affected refugees know where to go to access assistance and services.
[ 29th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  It is necessary to establish static service points for missing and lost children, along with hotline numbers of Protection, Child Protection and GBV actors to address related issues, as well as a systematic documentation process for missing, separated, and unaccompanied children.
[ 23 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Encourage and promote the participation of both girls and boys in life skills training and capacity building such as separate swimming lessons for girls and boys with adequate gender sensitive swimming and life safety equipment
[ 28th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily infection rate also saw a steep rise as it jumped to 17.65% – the highest figure recorded in seven months. It was on August 29, 2020, when the country lodged a higher daily infection rate – 18.23%. Meanwhile, the country recorded another 3,908 new cases till today morning, the highest single day increase in infections for over eight months.
[ 7 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Continue to address gender based violence, early marriage, polygamy and drug abuse, which have huge consequence on the core activities of WFP.
[ 28th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The seven day moving average of deaths caused by the deadly virus on Sunday crossed the 30 mark  ( 30.57 )  for the first in 2021. The highest seven day moving average of Covid 19 deaths was 44.86 on July 5 last year. Alarmingly, the seven day moving average of deaths was less than 10 on March 11 and doubled over the next 10 days and has continued to rise.
With the latest figure, the number of total fatalities now stands at 8,904, and the total number of infections at 595,714 as of Sunday morning, the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  said in a press release. Sunday was the sixth consecutive day that the daily tally of new cases crossed the 3,500 mark.
[ 31st March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Over 5.3 million Bangladeshis have received their first dose of the Covid 19 vaccine so far The health authorities in Bangladesh on Wednesday inoculated 50,752 people against the contagious Covid 19 disease. Of them, 29,157 were men and 21,595 were women, according to the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .
[ 28th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Since July 2, 2020, the number of daily cases remained below the 3,500 mark  ( except July 15 – 3,533 cases ) , until March 23, when the number of daily infections stood at 3,554. The overall infection rate in the country stands at 12.98%. The month of March is seeing an upward trend of rising cases day by day. On March 14, 1,159 new Covid 19 cases were recorded, after two months of lower rate of infections.
[ 29 March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh on Monday recorded its highest ever daily coronavirus infection  ( 5,181 )  and 45 deaths. The infection rate has been upward for a number of days now. The government has issued 18 directives to curb the transmission.
[ 23 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Conclusions: Gender stereotypes are deeply ingrained in the society, in social norms, and in traditions. The "patriarchal", “patrilineal', and “patrilocal' male dominated concepts largely shape the perceptions and practices within Bangladeshi and Nepalese societies. The scale and magnitude of gender stereotypes and discrimination is even more in these two research areas in both countries as compared to the national context.
[ 28th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The DGHS said 22,425 samples were collected from suspected Covid 19 patients in the last 24 hours while a total of 22,136 samples were tested in government and private testing facilities. To date, as many as 4,588,830 tests have been conducted in the country.
[ 31st March 2021, Bangladesh ]  With Wednesday's inoculations, the health authorities have so far administered the first dose of the Covid 19 vaccine to 5,370,431 people across the country. Of them, 3,339,298 were men while 2,031,133 were women.
[ 31st March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Only two of Thursday's vaccine recipients experienced mild side effects. Till now, side effects in 933 people have been recorded. As many as 6,802,442 had signed up to be immunized against the infectious disease till Wednesday afternoon.
[ 11th July 2021, Bangladesh ]  The number of available intensive care unit  ( ICU )  beds halved from 200 to 100 over the past few days, and they too would all be occupied in seven days if the infection rate maintained its current trend, the DGHS spokesperson added.
[ 28th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Since the beginning, 5,053 people have died in Dhaka division, 1,622 in Chittagong, 494 in Rajshahi, 574 in Khulna, 272 in Barisal, 317 in Sylhet, 372 in Rangpur, and 200 in Mymensingh. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected decreased by another decimal point to 1.49%.
[ 23 March 2021, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ]  Inclusion of fire emergency management awareness raising initiatives with all program to reduce risk of fire emergency, especially on usage of LPG. Emergency stockpiling to ensure immediate response.
[ 22 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  TREES. Stump or prune highly and medium charred trees in precarious locations, particularly trees that pose a danger to shelters and residents. The stump should remain to allow root structure to reduce the rate of soil erosion and the risk of landslides. All tree removals should be done in consultation with the Bangladesh Forest Department and it would be advantageous if they can send foresters to mark tree to be cut and removed and distinguish them from those that may survive and advise on which trees to replant. Reforestation efforts should focus on the sites where trees have been removed, and should align with FAO's Restoration Guidelines for the Fire Affected Rohingya Camps  ( April 2021 ) .
[ 28th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The health authorities said 2,019 people recovered from the disease over the preceding 24 hours. So far, 535,941 patients – 89.97% – have made full recovery across the country. On March 8 2020, health authorities in Bangladesh reported the first three cases of Covid 19, a severe acute respiratory illness caused by a new coronavirus strain which was later named Sars CoV 2. The first fatality was recorded in the country on March 18.
[ 23 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Recommendations to the national governments of Bangladesh and Nepal to address disaster and gendered impact in a changing climate: Integrate gender transformative approach into existing CSS national policies and frameworks  In Bangladesh, the DRR and EiE Framework should be updated to be gender transformative with technical support from the relevant key stakeholders.
[ 10 23 may, 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Currently, 478 general isolation beds are functional in 12 Severe Acute Respiratory Infection  ( SARI )  Isolation and Treatment Centers  ( ITCs )  with provision of oxygen to assist both the Rohingya refugee population and the nearby host communities of Cox's Bazar. The current bed occupancy of these SARI ITCs is 69% at the end of the reporting period. Moreover, the capacity of general isolation beds in the district is 418. The Intensive Care Unit/High Dependency Unit  ( ICU/HDU )  at the Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital has a capacity of 38 beds for severe and critical patients. During the past three weeks, a considerable increase in the bed occupancy has been observed, indicating the increased demand of hospitalization due to severe disease presentation at admission.
[ 29th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Tragically, the confirmed death toll is 15, and hundreds of people are still missing. More than 500 people sustained injuries. ‘This fire has had a devastating impact on families who have already lost everything,' says Rachel Hirons, the Country Director for our Bangladesh programme.
[ 23rd March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Tragically, reports from the camps indicate that at least 11 people are said to have lost their lives in the fire and more than 500 others have been injured. Around 400 people are unaccounted for. The Government of Bangladesh and aid agencies are providing water, hot meals and high energy biscuits as well as emergency healthcare to those affected.
[ 25th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ] Refugees: A massive fire broke out in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar District on 22 March around 3.30pm local time. The fire started in Camp 8W and spread to Camps 9, 10 and 8E. Refugees displaced by the fire moved to adjacent camps where they congregated in open spaces, moved to the Learning Centres  ( LCs )  or stayed in the houses of other family members or friends.
[ 29th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The monsoon season is coming, bringing worry not just about how Rohingya families will find shelter, but also how the hilly landscape will hold up against the rains, now that the sandbags and bamboo poles that once held the earth in place are gone. A coordinated relief effort will be needed in the months to come to ensure that families can recover with dignity and keeps them safe from harm.
[ 25th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ] Refugees: According to the reports of the Inter Sector Coordination Group  ( ISCG )  in charge of the overall coordination of the humanitarian activities for Rohingya refugees, at least 11 people died including three children. UNICEF partners has so far reported that 24 children  ( 13 girls and 11 boys )  had been injured.
[ 29th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Two of our colleagues who live near the camps lost their homes in the fire, and many of the Rohingya refugee volunteers – who help us deliver training on topics like handwashing and breastfeeding to families living in the camps – have been affected.
[ 25th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Despite the damage and limited staff, the UNICEF supported PHC in Camp 8W has been open and continuing to provide emergency health care services. As the delivery room was severely damaged, health workers used another room in the facility where a 20 year old Rohingya mother delivered a baby boy in the evening of Wednesday 24 March.
[ 25th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Within 48 hours after the fire, UNICEF delivered medicines and oral rehydration salts, basic medical equipment and other critical items including one generator, four water filters and 34 tarpaulins to the PHC in this camp to support the families who lost their homes including those of the Rohingya community health volunteers, porters and cleaners
[ 25th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  UNICEF, through its partners, deployed a mobile medical team  ( MMT )  in the affected areas. On Wednesday 24 March, the MMT provided services to 265 patients  ( 38 females, 159 males and 68 children )  including one child with disability. The majority of patients were suffering burn and cut injuries and other health problems as well including cold, fever and diarrhoea.
[ 23 March 2021, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ]  Child Protection: In response to the emergency and protection needs prevailing at the 4 affected camps, children are now in the most vulnerable situation. They are mostly either lost or separated from their families and families are also reporting missing child.
[ 25th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Two INFs in Camp 9 and Camp 8E were destroyed by the fire. Three MPCs were destroyed by the fire in Camps 8E and 9. A total of 141 UNICEF supported LCs and other facilities including MCPs, Resource Centres and project offices were damaged in Camp 8E, 8W, 9 and 10. In Camp 8E and 8W, six water supply networks and 190 tube wells have been damaged. 750 latrines have been destroyed in Camp 8E and 8W. A total of 280 bathing facilities were destroyed.
[ 23 March 2021, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ]  Women Protection and Empowerment  ( WPE ) : There are lots of women and girls who have no shelter, clothes, food and water for drinking, and are in need of cooking facilities and fuel. Some of the affected people have relocated themselves to nearby available relatives house or are making temporary shelters at open spaces.
[ 26th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh was for the second consecutive week the country where the epidemic picked up most speed – with 80% more, or 2,800 new cases – among the countries recording more than 1,000 daily cases over the past week.
[ 14th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh now has a total of 129,818 doses of Covishield vaccine in stock, after administering some 10,070,182 doses since the start of the coronavirus vaccination program in the country. Till now, Bangladesh has received 10.2 million Covishield doses from the Serum Institute of India  ( SII ) .
[ 25th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  UNICEF Bangladesh Country Office requires US$ 3.9 million to reconstruct the facilities destructed or damaged; restart provision of life saving interventions; and address the critical needs of refugee children and their families affected by the massive fire in general.
[ 23 March 2021, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ]  Long Term: Capacitate community level volunteers on mass gathering management and crowed management. Install block wise water hydrant system or water reservation to response immediately in fire emergency.
[ 23rd March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: The fire consumed shelters and personal belongings of refugees as well as essential facilities such as hospitals, primary health facilities, learning centers, and women friendly spaces in the camps. Teams on the ground say the scale and intensity of the fire is unlike anything seen before in the camps.
[ 31st March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The research also found that men demanded more physical relations from their wives – adding to the physical and emotional burden on women during the lockdown. Shaheen Anam, executive director of Manusher Jonno Foundation  ( MJF ) , said that many men said that they had lost their livelihood to Covid 19 and were forced to stay at home and therefore they took out their frustrations on their families.
[ 23rd March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Some 24 hours into the response, preliminary assessments by aid agencies have found that some 10,000 Rohingya refugee families  ( approximately 45,000 persons )  were displaced and a similar number of shelters have been damaged or destroyed in the camps as a result of the fire. Assessments are still ongoing.
[ 28th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Overall, 1,627 rape incidents were reported last year and 53 of the victims were killed by the perpetrators after committing the crime while 14 took their own lives, the data showed.
[ 14th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to the press release, a little over 4.25 million people have received both doses, and a little over 1.57 million have received just the first dose. Of those who received the first dose of the vaccine, 3,609,065 were men and 2,210,950 were women. Meanwhile, 2,714,837 males and 1,535,330 females received the second dose.
[ 14th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  However, on June 1, Bangladesh received the first consignment of 100,620 doses of the Pfizer BioNTech Covid 19 vaccine, under the Covax scheme run by WHO and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. Meanwhile, China has so far gifted 1.1 million Sinopharm vaccine doses to Bangladesh. Bangladesh started giving the Sinopharm vaccine to medical college students last on June 1.
[ 15th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  With only 122,486 doses left in stock, Bangladesh is slowly but surely running out of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid 19 vaccines. Till now, nearly 10.08 million doses of the vaccine have been administered as of Tuesday, since the countrywide vaccination program began in February, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  on Tuesday.
[ 15th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to the Health Services Division, nearly 4.26 million people have received both the doses of the vaccine, while more than 1.56 million people have received only the first dose. On Tuesday, 3,973 people were given the second dose of the vaccine.
[ 15th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  The people who have only received the first dose still need the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, since the World Health Organization  ( WHO )  has not yet made a decision on administering two doses of Covid 19 vaccine from different companies.
[ 15th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  Since the beginning of the vaccination program on February 7, administration of the shots has been taking place every day from 8:30am to 2:30pm.
[ 10 23 may, 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The median age of tested and confirmed cases was not changed 10  ( 0 120 )  & 20  ( 0 90 )  years, respectively and ratio of females among tested and confirmed cases was 54% and 47%, respectively. Though the median age of tested samples remained below 10 years, a significant proportion has been tested among 50+ years: 584 per 10 000 population, following that of 0 9 years with 727 tests per 10 000 population as highest number. The test positivity was highest 4.3% in 30 39 years age cohort and the age specific mortality 1.17 per 10 000 population observed among 40+ years during the period. In total, and since the outbreak began, 16 deaths due to confirmed COVID 19 have been reported in the camps with a case fatality ratio of 1.5%.
[ 23rd March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Rescue efforts proved to be challenging as a result of the presence of perimeter fencing. In some instances, refugees themselves cut through the fence to escape the fire. Limited mobile connectivity in the camps also hampered the ability of refugees to call for immediate assistance and contact their families. It also continues to limit the coordination of the aid response.
[ 16th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  If there is a mismanagement of resources taking place in the health sector, the matter must be solved immediately. Right now, the Covid 19 crisis must be seen as priority number one. It has cast a shadow of death and illness over our day to day lives, and if we are to prosper as a nation, first we must get out of this shadow.
[ 27th March 2021,Bangladesh ]  Health authorities in Bangladesh inoculated less than 66,000 people against the contagious Covid 19 disease on Friday, making it the third lowest doses administered since the vaccination program began. With the vaccination of 65,368 people on Friday, Bangladesh has administered the first dose of the Covid 19 jab to over six million people, bringing the total doses administered to 6,632,068.
[ 27th March 2021,Bangladesh ]  Of the vaccines administered until Friday, 3,244,399 were men, and 1,960,425 were women, according to the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) . Earlier in the week, inoculations saw a gradual decline, with three clusters of one million people receiving their first dose of the Covid 19 vaccine in six, eight and 12 days, respectively.
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.
[ 19th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  The nationwide COVID 19 vaccination was launched on 7 February 2021, and the 2nd dose inoculation was started on 8 April 2021. Since the beginning, as of 18 April 2021, a total of 7 080 699 doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca  ( COVISHIELD )  vaccine were administered in the whole country, out of which, 5 714 090 population received their 1st dose, and 1 366 609 competed for their two doses schedule.
BRAC provided Covid 19 prevention information to 37.56 million households and conducted 13,985 safe deliveries at BRAC maternity centres in the last one year. Over 12 lakh households in seven districts received covid 19 prevention messages between March 2020 and February 2021, according to a statement on Tuesday.
[ 29th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  While women should be prioritized as targets for the distribution of NFIs, separate lines for distribution, along with breastfeeding corners in distribution areas and porter services should be established to assist the most vulnerable. This also includes the distribution of female hygiene kits, house repairing kits, essential resources and clothes as based on GFOs interviews with women.
[ 29th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  A comprehensive response to the fire must include interventions to prevent, mitigate and respond to violence against women and girls  ( VAWG ) . The existing crisis of VAWG in the camps is very likely to worsen where protection and law enforcement are weak, massive numbers of shelters are damaged and families are displaced. In such contexts, women and girls are highly likely to experience greater risks of violence and disrupted access to life saving care and support.
[ 29th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Pre existing challenges, including inadequate and crowded accommodation, insufficient water and sanitation facilities, lack of food and non food items  ( NFIs )  are exacerbated as a result, especially for women and girls. Due to underlying conservative socio cultural norms, women, girls and persons with disabilities living in the camps have limited access to basic assistance and services.
[ 29th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Measures must be adopted to ensure that the distribution of aid is safe for all who are eligible to obtain it and that the risk of exploitation and abuse of displaced persons, in particular women and children, is minimized. Overall, distribution activities must adhere to COVID 19 prevention measures, including access to hand sanitizers, personal protective equipment  ( PPE ) , and social distancing.
[ 29th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  In responding to shelter needs, it is important to consider the safety and diverse needs of women, girls, men, and boys, older people, persons with disabilities and third gender populations. Host families who are providing housing support for the affected Rohingya families should receive assistance. In situations where families must share accommodation spaces, safety measures must be implemented to assure that the facilities are safe considering differences in vulnerabilities. Identification and support to unaccompanied youth, children, older people, and those who are caregivers must be ensured.
[ 29th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Gender responsive fire outbreak interventions must be assured across all sector with a particular focus on: • Loss and damage assessment using gender measures • Food security interventions • Rebuilding of shelters and key facilities  ( i.e. women friendly spaces, learning centres )  • Access to healthcare and NFIs • Education • Reissuing and registration of documents • Communication and information sharing with affected populations
[ 23 March 2021, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ]  Safety Security and Access: Although IOM in collaboration with site management agencies have established a temporary information center to provide lifesaving information to the affected population. However, people are not aware about the available information facilities and services.
[ 29 March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The country's coronavirus caseload swelled to 600,895 on Monday after the health authorities recorded 5,181 new cases in 24 hours until the morning. Along with the high number of cases, 45 coronavirus related deaths were also recorded, pushing the death tally to 8,949, the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  said in a handout.
[ 29 March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The latest cases were reported after testing 28,195 samples. The infection rate jumped to 18.38 percent on Monday from 17.65 percent on Sunday. However, the death rate stands at 1.49 percent. During this 24 hour period, 2,077 coronavirus patients recovered. So far, 538,018 patients have made recoveries.
[ 29 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.
[ 10 23 may, 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  During the reporting period, one working group meeting along with one case conference for SARI ITCs and two case conferences for ICU were conducted. As of 23 May 2021, there are 12 operational SARI ITCs in the camps with a total of 478 functional beds open and 415 on stand by. The SARI ITC bed ocupancy is currently 68%. At the 250 Bed District Sadar Hospital, the Intensive Care Unit  ( ICU )  has 10 beds while the High Dependency Unit  ( HDU )  has 8 beds and the Severe Care Unit  ( SCU )  20 beds functional beds. At the moment, 25 beds are occupied.
[ 25 March 2021, COX'S BAZAR | BANGLADESH ]  Overall Humanitarian Needs: BRAC is continuing its damage and needs assessment in the Rohingya camps and host community areas. There is a growing need for clothes, kitchen utensils, sandbags/jute bags, padlocks and chains, GI wires, ropes, and bamboos in the communities affected
[ 27th March 2021,Bangladesh ]  With the latest figure, the number of total fatalities now stands at 8,869 as of Saturday morning, the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  said in a press release. The country also logged a total of 3,674 new Covid 19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 591,806. Saturday was the fifth consecutive day that the daily tally of new cases crossed the 3,500 mark.
[ April 2021, Bangladesh, cox's Bazar ] School feeding : Promote school attendance through awareness, sensitization and school feeding programmes. Special attention should be given to Rohingya girls.
[ 27th March 2021,Bangladesh ]  On July 2, 2020, the country recorded a higher single day caseload of 4,019. Since then, the number of daily cases remained below the 3,500 mark  ( except July 15 – 3,533 cases ) , until March 23, when the number of daily infections stood at 3,554. The latest figures show an infection rate of 14.90% while the overall infection rate in the country stands at 12.96%.
[ 27th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Preliminary findings from field visits and discussions held with the communities affected has found that camp 9 has been the most severely affected camp, with major destruction caused on almost all shelters, water points, latrines, healthcare facilities, education facilities, and women and child friendly spaces. The effect on camp 8W was less severe, with half of these facilities being damaged or destroyed.
[ 27th March 2021,Bangladesh ]  The month of March is seeing an upward trend of rising cases day by day. On March 1, 585 new Covid 19 cases were recorded, after over a month of a lower rate of infections. The DGHS said 24,726 samples were collected from suspected Covid 19 patients in the last 24 hours while a total of 24,664 samples were tested in government and private testing facilities. To date, as many as 4,566,694 tests have been conducted in the country.
[ 27th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The discussions have also found the need for shelter and food for people affected in camp 8E. Meetings and discussions are being held with communities affected and key stakeholders to identify existing gaps and plan for the coming weeks.
[ 4th  10th July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Both Host and Refugees: This week three boys died from drowning: one was Rohingya while the other two were members of the host community.
[ 19th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  The vaccine will be available for 10 categories of people, as well as those who have already registered for the vaccine but not yet received doses. The categories include government health workers and police personnel who have not been vaccinated before, expatriate Bangladeshi workers with BMET registration or card, students of government and private medical and dental colleges, students of government nursing and midwifery, government MATS and government IHT students, residential students of public universities, Officers and employees involved in BIDA and other nationally important developmental projects  ( Padma Bridge Project, Matarbari Power Project, Metrorail Project, Express Highway Project, Rooppur Power Project, Rampal Power Project ) , cleaning staff members of Dhaka North and South City Corporation Ward / municipality staff engaged in cremation of dead bodies of Covid 19 patients and Chinese nationals living in Bangladesh.
[ 1st July 2021, Bangladesh ]  Hospitals are struggling, particularly in areas bordering India. Some rural towns have recorded infection rates of 70 percent. More than two thirds of new virus cases in Dhaka are of the Delta variant, according to a recent study by the independent Dhaka based International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research.
[ 22 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. SWM investments are required, from establishing a systematic process to segregate waste to building a sanitary landfill with the capacity to absorb waste from an unforeseen emergency. For proper management of the landfill, it is advisable to segregate and recover material such as organic, soil, valuable metals and plastics before landfilling. Identifying land prior to an emergency where waste can be easily removed from the affected camps to ensure proper waste segregation and maintain a hygienic camp. Establishing a contingency plan will ensure that waste can be managed effectively and efficiently despite the loss of infrastructure or disruption to the system.
[ 10 23 may, 2021, Cox's Bazar ] During the reporting period CHWs conducted 252 020 household visits in which 4 179 patients were identified with mild respiratory symptoms  ( fever, sore throat, cough )  and 69 patients with moderate/severe symptoms. The cumulative number of patients with mild symptoms is 138 272, and 674 patients with moderate/ severe symptoms. To date, 70 017 persons with COVID 19 like symptoms have been referred to health facilities, 2921 of which during the reporting period.
[ 24th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Arriving passengers carrying PCR based COVID 19 negative certificate and either already have vaccinated with 1 st dose  ( proof of vaccination needs to be carried )  or not yet vaccinated, shall have to complete a mandatory 3  ( three )  days institutional quarantine at government nominated facilities or at hotels on passenger's own expenses.
[ 5th   11th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: This week  ( week 14 ) , twenty new confirmed cases were detected from 879 samples tested. The overall positivity of the samples tested is 1.3%. The cumulative incidence is 54.1 per 100,000 people. A total of 10 confirmed COVID 19 deaths were reported since the beginning of the outbreak, bringing the case fatality to 2.2%. The first COVID 19 patient was detected in FDMN/Rohingya Refugee camps on 14 May 2020 and the first death was recorded on 31 May 2020.
[ 27th March 2021,Bangladesh ]  Of the 39 deceased – 24 men and 15 women – 28 were from Dhaka division, five from Chittagong, and two each from Rajshahi, Khulna, and one each from Sylhet and Rangpur divisions. All the victims died while undergoing treatment at different hospitals across the country. So far, 6,695 men  ( 75.49% )  and 2,174 women  ( 24.51% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country.
[ 27th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Health • 115 people  ( 42 women, 46 men and 27 children under five )  received emergency medical support from healthcare facilities • Three of the patients had burn injuries, including one child under five
[ 1st July 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has gone into a strict COVID 19 lockdown, with the army and police ordered to stop people leaving their homes except for emergencies or to buy essentials. Army troopers have been deployed to patrol alongside civilian forces during the shutdown, which begins on Thursday. Dhaka's police chief told reporters anyone leaving home without reason would be fined and may face arrest. “If we need to file 5,000 cases and arrests a day, we will,' Shafiqul Islam told a news conference.
[ 4th  10th July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The national lockdown was extended to 14 July and has continued to be vigorously implemented across the district. On the fifth day of the severe lockdown, 204 people across the district were fined for violations by mobile courts in eight different upazilas of the district. On the seventh day, 172 more people were prosecuted across the district.
[ 16th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  Now, here we are, on the third day of the hard lockdown which began on Pohela Boishakh, desperately trying to contain the crisis which has overwhelmed the nation. Many across the country, infected with Covid 19, are battling for their lives at this very moment, and the harsh reality is that we are not up to the task of taking care of all of them. We simply do not have enough ready, functional, and available ICU beds for all in need.
[ 24 May, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh Situation: Between 8 March 2020 and 23 May 2021, according to the DGHS Press Release <https://corona.gov.bd/press release> there were seven hundred eighty nine thousand, eighty  ( 789 080 )  COVID 19 cases confirmed by RT PCR, GeneXpert, and Rapid Antigen tests including twelve thousand, three hundred seventy six  ( 12 376 )  related deaths  ( CFR 1.57% ) . Bangladesh is among the top 33 countries and accounts for 0.47% of the COVID 19 cases of the world
[ 27th March 2021,Bangladesh ]  Since the beginning, 5,028 people have died in Dhaka division, 1,620 in Chittagong, 492 in Rajshahi, 573 in Khulna, 267 in Barisal, 317 in Sylhet, 372 in Rangpur, and 200 in Mymensingh. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far stands at 1.50%.
[ 27th March 2021,Bangladesh ]  The health authorities said 1,971 people recovered from the disease over the preceding 24 hours. So far, 533,922 patients – 90.22% – have made full recovery across the country. On March 8, health authorities in Bangladesh reported the first three cases of Covid 19, a severe acute respiratory illness caused by a new coronavirus strain which was later named Sars CoV 2. The first fatality was recorded in the country on March 18.
[ 26th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The vaccine doses were then sent to Tejgaon for preservation, upon initial formalities and checking. Earlier, on January 21, India sent 2 million doses of Covidshield vaccine to Bangladesh as a gift.
[ 26th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Another 1.2 million doses of Covid 19 vaccine, which are a gift to Bangladesh from India, have arrived in Dhaka. The consignment arrived on an Air India flight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at around 1:15pm, an official confirmed to Dhaka Tribune. Shahriar Sazzad, assistant director of the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) , who is stationed at the Dhaka airport, said the vaccine doses came in 100 boxes.
[ 12 July 2021, Bangladesh ]  More women lost jobs, had a harder time finding another job, and had a much slower income recovery amid Covid 19 in Bangladesh. A third of the young women employed before the pandemic in the country were out of jobs in January 2021.
[ 29th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  DGHS ADG Dr Flora said no lockdown has been imposed yet, and the DGHS does not have information on whether the government plans to impose lockdowns later.
[ 29th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Regarding efforts to tackle the surge in Covid 19, the ADG said they tested the highest number  ( over 28,000 )  of suspected people in the last 24 hours. “We are increasing our testing capacity. We also started antigen testing and very soon it will be available at upazila level healthcare facilities, where people can avail it and get tested,' said Dr Flora.
[ 21st April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Chinese firms can directly supply vaccines to the Bangladesh government. Sinopharm has already offered six million doses of its Covid 19 vaccine to Bangladesh following a proposal by the Bangladesh Private Medical College Association. The Sputnik V vaccine is also being discussed at the government level. Furthermore, the government has taken an initiative to procure another 30 million doses of vaccines by inviting international open tenders and is also looking at the purchase of 30 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine with UNDP funding.
[ 29th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  When asked whether the UK or South Africa variant is causing the recent surge, Dr Nazmul said: “As we have very few scientists in the country, we do not have accurate information on the matter. However, regardless of the variant, the symptoms the same for each Covid 19 patient.
[ 4th  10th July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: The Border Guard Bangladesh  ( BGB )  on 7 July seized two locallymade firearms and 200 grams of explosive from a gang of dacoits  ( armed robbers )  in Ramu. On 4 July, RAB detained two Rohingya in Camp 24 for being in possession of eight handhelds ‘walkie talkie' two way radios. It is thought that they were intended for the use of a criminal group. APBn had arrested a Bangladeshi man with 6012 amphetamine tablets from Camp 16.
[ 29th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Following recent upsurge of Covid 19 transmissions and fatalities in the country, the government finally imposed a fresh 18 set of restrictions, including a ban on all public gatherings in areas with high rates of infections. In a gazette notification on Monday, it asked to limit gatherings at all tourist spots, as well as social, political, and religious events.
[ 26th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Of the 33 deceased   21 men and 12 women   26 were from Dhaka Division, six from Chittagong and one from Rajshahi. Thirty two of them died at different hospitals across the country while one died at home. So far, 6,671 men  ( 75.55% )  and 2,159 women  ( 24.45% )  have died of Covid 19 in the country.
[ 23 March 2021, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ]  Situation Overview: On 22nd March 2021 a massive fire broke out at Camp 8W, Balukhali and Ukhiya around 3 pm and later swept through Camp 8 E, 9, and 10, more than 50,000 people are displaced, 4500 shelters are completely damaged.  [ FIRE ]
[ 26th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  With the fresh cases, the total number of Covid 19 cases now stands at 588,132. Meanwhile, the daily infection rate climbed up to 13.69%, which was 13.26% a day before. The country also recorded 33 fresh Covid 19 deaths between Thursday and Friday mornings, taking the total death toll to 8,830, the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  said in a press release.
[ 24 May, 2021, Bangladesh ]  In the past week  ( epidemiological week 20, 2021 ) , Bangladesh reported 8 921 new cases, a 34.2% increase compared to last week; the case per 100 000 population per week is 5.2. The country reported 227 new death, a 5.6% increase; death per 100 000 per week is 0.1. The weekly new test is 112 896  ( daily average: 16 128 ) , a 47.0% increase than the week before; tests per 100 000 per week is 66; the weekly average test positivity rate  ( TPR )  is 7.9%, TPR decreased by 8.7% from last week. Overall Case Fatality Ratio  ( CFR )  is 1.57% which was 1.56% last week.
[ 26th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far stands at 1.5%. The DGHS said 2,057 people recovered from Covid 19 over the preceding 24 hours. Up till now, 531,951 patients   90.45%   have recovered from the disease caused by coronavirus.
[ 23 March 2021, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ]  Around 10,000 infrastructures including shelters, mosques, community facility, field offices of DRC, BRAC, WFP, shops are severely damaged. Essential facilities like IOM Primary Healthcare Clinic, MSF clinic and Turkish hospital in camp 9 and LPG distribution points in camp 8E and camp 10 have been razed to the ground.
[ 26th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  As many as 27,299 samples, including some pending ones, were tested at the 224 authorized labs   government and private   across the country. On March 8, 2020, health authorities in Bangladesh reported the first three cases of Covid 19, a severe acute respiratory illness caused by a new coronavirus strain which was later named Sars CoV 2.
[ 31st March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The first priority across all camps is shelter, especially in camp 9 which was almost entirely burned to the ground. • Food is also a very strong priority need, along with water. • Only two KIs referred to security as a priority need  ( first priority ) , while eight referred to kitchen items as a third priority.
[ 23 March 2021, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ]  The prolongation of the situation without any intervention increases the GBV risk for the women and girls at night. Last night as there was no arrangement of temporary shelter or sanitation facility, most of the affected people stayed on the roadside including women and girls.
[ 23 March 2021, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ]  Establish adequate number of emergency exits at all camp locations. Camp wise appropriate emergency evacuation plan considering the fencing.
[ 10 May, 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: The project provided a USD 2 top up through evouchers to 69,236 women and 63,910 men in the 32 unregistered camps on the condition that they attend COVID 19 related awareness sessions.
[ 26th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The fire destroyed people's shelters as well as water points, toilets, bathing facilities, health services and prayer places. Five percent of those affected by the fire are older people, amounting to around 2,000 women and men, according to a Rapid Needs Assessment  ( RNA )  conducted by HelpAge and its national partner, RIC. This includes 615 households, home to 776 older people and 38 people with disabilities, who HelpAge works with in the camps.
[ 21st April 2021, Bangladesh ]  A DGHS source said the Moderna vaccine is not preferable for Bangladesh as it needs to be stored at freezing temperatures. According to CDC guidelines, the vaccine has to be stored between  15 degrees Celsius and  50 degrees Celsius. “The Johnson & Johnson vaccine will also be difficult to acquire, because they have a deal with the US under which they can only provide the vaccine to the US until August this year,' the source added.
[ 28 March 2021, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ]  The fire started in Camp 8W, and within a short period spread to Camps 8E, 9 and 10, all of which are IOMmanaged camps. Many refugees living in adjacent camps evacuated their shelters temporarily, while many more fled to neighbouring camps seeking safety.
[ 23 March 2021, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ]  Recommendations; Immediate: Emergency requirement to distribute ready to eat food, water and NFI items including dignity kits, clothes, shelter kits, household materials,
[ 23 March 2021, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ]  Availability of adequate number of Mobile Medical team to provide first aid support to injured and affected. Strengthen camp wise emergency referral support to provide health and mental support to the affected population. Capacitate more staffs and volunteers on trauma management, panic management and Psychosocial First Aid  ( PFA )  so that immediate support can be initiated with 72 hours.