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[ 15th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  Riad Choudhury said: “Counselling is needed to stop sexual harassments in these institutions. A zero tolerance policy can help reduce such occurrences.' The religious authorities should respond to the allegations against them immediately, she said. “Otherwise, people's perception towards them will change. There should be a committee in every madrasa so that the students can lodge complaints to them.'
[ 1st Jan  30th June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Host: In the host community, out of all screened children, 739 children under five  ( 438 girls )  with SAM and 2,937 children under five  ( 1,862 girls )  with Moderate Acute Malnutrition  ( MAM )  were admitted to the Outpatient Therapeutic Programme and Targeted Supplementary Feeding Programme respectively.
[ 29th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: 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.
[ 27th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Both Host and Refugees: Regarding the seasonality of AWD in Cox's Bazar, it looks like there's a peak happening at the end of the dry season, from June to August, and another one from September to November. Specifically, 5 became confirmed by culture   2 from Ukhiya Host, 1 from Teknaf host and 2 from Refugees.
[ 16th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Women who had savings from previous incomes have been compelled to give their fathers or husbands the money to keep the house running, as many men also lost their jobs during the pandemic. The study showed a sharp decline in menstrual hygiene product sales, including sanitary napkins, painkillers for menstrual cramping, injections, etc in urban slums and other low income areas. It also revealed that the male members of the household often resort to violence if they are asked to buy sanitary napkins for their wives or daughters.
[ 15th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  Previously, the lowest days taken for registering a thousand deaths were 23 when the country reached the 3,000 mark. The daily test positivity rate was over 20% as the highest number of samples were being tested recently. Public health experts and virologists said the increase in the number of deaths implied that the health authorities were yet to ensure adequate treatment facilities across the country, as well as in the capital city.
[ April 20 2021, Bangladesh ] Dhaka division remains the worst hit region of the country since the start of the pandemic. Sixty of the 91 deaths reported today are from Dhaka division while 17 from Chatogram and three from Rajshhai divisions. Among the total deceased, 6179 died in Dhaka division so far which is 58 percent of the total fatalities.
[ 27th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Total 5 suspected measles cases were reported in EWARS in week 5 of 2021.
[ April 20 2021, Bangladesh ] Vaccination efforts: Bangladesh is receiving vaccine jabs from India as the country signed an agreement with the Serum Institute of India Pvt Ltd for 30 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. So far, 57,29,147 people have received the first dose and 15,07,287 have got their second jab, according to official figures.
[ 11 April, 2021, Bangladesh ]  1. Following the government guidance and instruction, with effect from 0001 BST on 12 April 2021 until 2359 BST on 13th April 2021, all schedule domestic passenger flights and charter flights of Helicopter/General Aviation will remain suspended. However, medevac, humanitarian/relief and corporate flights are out of the purview of this restriction.
[ April 20 2021, Bangladesh ] Meanwhile, Bangladesh's vaccine supplier India has shifted from being a mass vaccine exporter to a major importer after the country saw a record number of daily cases. Although Bangladesh is yet to receive its March consignment of 5 million doses, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said they will arrive as promised by India.
[ 27 May, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Refugees: The fencing has also gone up without regard to established points of service. Numerous health centers and water collection points remain outside of the fences. Humanitarian workers have reported the elderly, pregnant women, and other vulnerable groups unable to access health services due to the fencing.
[ 7 13 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Cholera Surveillance: Total forty six  ( 46 )  Cholera RDT positive/culture cases reported as of W23 2021. Out of those 9 were confirmed and 30 by culture and remaining 7 results yet to be received. • In 2020, total 28 RDT/Culture positive cases for Cholera detected through sentinel testing. Specifically, 5 became confirmed by culture   2 from Ukhiya Host, 1 from Teknaf host and 2 from Refugees.
[ 28 June 4 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Highlights: COVID 19 Contact Tracing ▪ Total 1,515  ( out of 1,854 )  confirmed cases have been investigated by Rapid Investigation and Response Team  ( RIRT, a camp wise CT network, composed of RIRT coordinator, Site Mx representation, CT supervisor, currently camp 34 teams are working with 34 supervisors and over 300 volunteers i.e., contact tracer ) . ▪ Contact tracing has been done by CT supervisors with 3,609 contacts registered for follow up in the Go.Data. ▪ 2,251  ( 62.3% )  contacts successfully completed the follow up. ▪ One hundred fifty four  ( 6.9% )  contacts became tested positive for COVID 19 during the incubation period.
[ 12 April 2021, Bangladesh ]  One RT PCR lab  ( Meem Medical Center in Dhaka city )  and 20 Rapid Antigen test centres have been added to the network of COVID 19 testing facilities during the last week As of the reporting date, the test per case is 7.3, which indicates the number of tests required to identify 1 case.
[ 30th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  There is a large quantity of waste that is being generated by the distribution of prepacked goods using no value or non recyclable material, along with distribution of water bottles with food. The quantity of waste will impact on the ability to keep the camps clean from waste and add an additional load to the already stressed landfill.
[ 27th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The most significant impact of COVID 19 on children is that they no longer can attend school. As women and girls are perceived to be primarily responsible for care work, girls are likely to face more difficulty allocating time to home schooling than boys.
[ 12 April 2021, Bangladesh ] Vaccination: Bangladesh has started administering the second dose of coronavirus vaccine on 8 April 2021, Thursday, while giving the first shot to citizens who have registered. Since the launch of the COVID 19 vaccination campaign, as of 11 April 2021, 5 627 107 persons received the 1st dose, and 383 717 received the 2nd dose. A total of 3 489 125  ( 62% )  males and 2 137 982  ( 38% )  females received their 1st dose of vaccine, and 271 370  ( 71% )  males and 112 347  ( 29% )  females received their 2nd dose of vaccine. So far, 11.4% of the country's eligible population has been vaccinated with their 1st dose, while in Dhaka metropolitan, the coverage is 36.6%. The government decided to continue vaccination during the ongoing lockdown, and the vaccination will be continued during Ramdam.
[ 15th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh Police have issued 316,801 movement passes that are required to go outside during the weeklong lockdown which started on Wednesday. A total of 400,977 people had signed up for the pass till Thursday morning and around 14,026 applications were being submitted every minute at one point, according to figures provided by Police Headquarters.
[ 30th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Solid Waste Management – Household collection bins were destroyed, and numerous collection facilities were damaged, including the collection and recycling locations. Solid Waste Management – In camp 8E and 8W, the affected areas have not resulted in the complete loss of the operating system and remedial works and supply are in process. Within camp 9, only minimal concrete structures have survived. Hygiene promotion and NFI items – Due to the urgency of the situation, household were unable to take in locations of displacement water storage containers or other hygiene items such as soap and menstrual hygiene materials. WASH committee are expected to have been disrupted due to population's sprawl, although partners are reestablishing community based mechanisms at the moment. Faecal Sludge Management – Treatment systems and pumped networks were affected by the fire with the complete loss of the treatment system in camp 9.
[ 30th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  As the response moves forward, the re establishment of facilities must incorporate the latest gender inclusive design that help address many of the long term issues faced by users in terms of gender, age and disability. To enable this, WASH facilities must be allocated the space, in the appropriate location to better serve the needs of the users and improve usage through improved protection for the vulnerable, including allocations based on shelters not sphere guidance figures. Funding of approximately $5.5 Million USD will be required to complete the necessary infrastructure works but does not include replenishing the emergency stocks or imminent future NFI distributions.
[ 15th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  The countrywide week long strict lockdown to tackle transmission of coronavirus entered the second day on Thursday. Unlike the first day of the ongoing lockdown, Dhaka witnessed huge traffic jams at different intersections on the second day. However, some roads and intersection across the country remained empty. Rickshaws became the only mode of transportation in Dhaka and elsewhere while the rickshaw pullers are charging high seizing the opportunity in the absence of public transports.
[ 15th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  Although the government imposed fresh restrictions on public movement and overall activities with an announcement of closure of all government and non government offices for eight days from April 14 to contain the spread of Covid 19, some institutions and organizations are out of the purview of the ban. Office goers, thus, found it tough in the morning to reach their destinations as most companies or organizations have not arranged proper transportation system for their staff. During the office hours, they find it difficult to hire a rickshaw while its pullers charge extra fares to reach the desired spot.
[ 15th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  Under the fresh lockdown, all the government, semi government, autonomous, private offices, and financial institutions will remain closed. All modes of public transports, including those of road, river, railway, and air, will remain suspended during the lockdown. However, the restriction will not be effective in the case of carrying goods, emergency services, and production. But industries and factories will remain open on condition of maintaining health protocols.
[ 15th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  The offices, staffers, and vehicles of the organizations providing emergency services, including law enforcement, agricultural products  ( fertilizer, seeds, pesticides, machinery ) , crops, food laden vehicles, relief distribution, health services, health workers involved in mass inoculation, power, water, gas, fire services, port activities, media  ( print and electronic media ) , private security management, telephone, and postal services will remain out of the purview of the restriction.
[ 18th Apr 2021, Bangladesh ]  In 2020, a total of 17,196 young people called the ‘Alapon' helpline, with 65% of the calls coming from adolescents between the ages of 15 19. According to Mira, the COVID 19 pandemic had a significant impact on the type of calls she received with young people struggling with isolation from friends, remote schooling and strained relationships at home.
[ 11th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  The DGHS said 4,212 people had recovered from the infectious disease over the preceding 24 hours. So far, 576,590 patients – 84.2% – have made recovery across the country. On March 8 last year, the health authorities in Bangladesh reported the first three cases of Covid 19, a severe acute respiratory illness caused by a new coronavirus strain named Sars CoV 2. The country recorded its first Covid 19 death on March 18.
[ 15th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  A total of 10,572 people were administered the first dose of the Covid 19 vaccine while 196,976 received the second jab across the country on Thursday. Among the vaccine recipients who received the first dose – 6,890 were male and 3,682 female – while those who received the second jab – 133,655 were male and 63,321 were female –said a Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  press release.
[ 27th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Women are engaged in humanitarian activities in ways that often require them to compromise their honor and potentially result in further policing, harassment and shaming by men and women. The interlink between a women's honor and a man's control of it be seen more evidently in the practice of purdah, the Islamic practice requiring women to be veiled from “public' gazes or remain within “private' spaces controlled by the family.
[ 27th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Some women reported clear boundaries lines such as crossing the road or travelling outside the majhi block in discussions on what demarcated “public space', which required them to wear veils and carry umbrellas when they go out. Others reported that they only travelled at night to public spaces where they were less likely to be “seen' by male gazes.
[ April 20 2021, Bangladesh ] Bed crisis in hospitals: Hospitals are now grappling to accommodate the increasing number of patients and are running low on beds and oxygen. There are 12,139 general beds for Covid 19 patients and 5,759 of them are currently occupied. Overall, there are 1,005 ICU beds across the country and only 243 are available, the DGHS said.
[ 27th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Host: There are limited opportunities for women in the host community to participate in their community governance structures and influence decision making processes92 . Women and girls are primarily responsible for cooking  ( 100% ) , cleaning  ( 100% ) , care work  ( 95% ) , collecting water  ( 92% ) , homestead gardening  ( 41% ) .
[ April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Moreover, the lack of lighting in the areas where the affected population are currently residing adds to the worries of local residents and organizations. . According to ISCG, as of 31st March, 2021, approximately 15,000 people were still residing in temporary shelters, outside of their original camps.
[ 11 May, 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  RRRC Instrucfions on Reducins Transmission of COVID in Camps: Mask Wearing: . All persons  ( Bangladeshi, Rohingya, Foreigner ) , regardless of 'function  ( Government staff, humanitarian workers, volunteers, residents & others )  must wear masks at all times in public space. . A strict policy of no mask no service will be applied for all services. Non compliant sites may be closed temporarily by CICs. . All FDMNs >5 years of age have received masks through distributions and should be able to wear masks in public. If there is any shortage of masks, Health Coordinator RRRC should be informed to address this in coordinated way with Health Sector. . Improper disposal of masks or refusal to wear masks in public spaces will not be tolerated. CICs shall monitor and enforce strict mask wearing according to above instructions. Gatherings: . CICs shall take measures not to make any gatherings in the camps  ( The Public Pleases ) . . If any gatherings cannot be avoided, wearing of masks should be strictly observed and will be enforced by CICs. . For distributions   clear markings on the ground should be made if not already in place, and gatherings beyond those markings are not allowed. Distributions should take place according to compliance with COVID 19 guide lines. Mosques: . Access to mosques should be limited to allow safe distance to be maintained  ( 6 feet befween each person ) . In compliance with Islamic Foundation guide lines. Community Awareness: . CICs will allow community awareness activities on COVID I9 prevention to continue, including door to door visits by communify health workers, publication of IEC  ( Information, Education & Communication )  materials and use of information hubs while keeping safe distance, mask wearing and hygiene. Critical Services: . The critical services list issued by RRRC must be strictly observed. The list will be updated when needed by RRRC"
[ 13 April 2021, Bangladesh ]  A nurse injects the Oxford AstraZeneca's Covishield vaccine to a person at the Dhaka Medical College vaccination centre in Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 9, 2021Reuters. As many as 7,058,999 people had completed vaccine registration till 5:30pm on Monday. Bangladesh on Monday administered a total of 138,879 people their second dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, taking the tally to 522,596. As many as 93,534 men and 45,345 women got their second Covid vaccine and none of them experienced any adverse events, according to the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .
[ 13 April 2021, Bangladesh ] 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 named Sars CoV 2. Bangladesh on Monday recorded the highest daily deaths as 83 people died from the deadly virus. The death toll in the country currently stands at 8,523 with a mortality rate of 1.42%. Meanwhile, 7,219 more tested positive, taking the total number of infections to 691,957.
[ 27th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Regarding distribution sites, concerns are there as well: children are often sent to distribution points and are carrying the relief items home, this representing a risk for them due to heavy weight and to the risks to be robbed on the way back to the shelter. Some children head of household/unaccompanied are not listed as beneficiaries and, as such, they miss humanitarian aid.
[ 12 April, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Maximum 20 people – including the imam, khatib, muezzin, hafez, khadem – can attend Taraweeh prayers at each mosque during Ramadan amid an upswing in Covid 19 cases and fresh nationwide restrictions.The instruction will be valid from April 14 and continue until further notice, the Religious Affairs Ministry said in a new set of directives issued on Monday. No more than 20 devotees will be able to join daily prayers in mosques. Also, the worshippers will have to follow health guidelines and ensure physical distancing while offering Friday prayers at mosques, the ministry said
[ 12 April, 2021, Bangladesh ]  On April 5, the government asked the Muslim devotees not to arrange iftar gatherings and sehri in mosques during Ramadan to contain the recent surge in Covid 19 infections. The ministry said the worshippers, who visit mosques to pray in congregation, must arrive there wearing masks. Mosque management committees must ensure the availability of handwashing facilities – sanitizers and soap water – at the entrance. They have also been asked not to use carpets and clean the mosques with disinfectants before the five daily prayers. "The devotees must bring their prayer mats. Social distancing must be ensured while they stand for prayers" the ministry said. "Children, elderly, sick people, and attendants to the ill must not attend congregations."
[ 12 April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has recorded the highest deaths, yet again, on Monday as 83 people died of the novel coronavirus over the last 24 hours. The daily death rate has broken all previous records for three consecutive days. On Sunday, the highest single day death toll was recorded with 78 deaths since the first Covid 19 death in Bangladesh on March 18, 2020. A day before, it was 77.
[ 12 April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Of the 83 deaths in the country, 54 were male and 29 were female. Seventy four people died at hospitals, five died at home and four patients were declared dead on arrival at hospitals. Fifty two of the deceased were above the age of 60. Sixteen were in the age range of 51 60, 11 were between 41 to 50, and four of the deceased were aged between 31 and 40. Most of the deceased   54   were from Dhaka, 17 from Chittagong, four from Khulna, three from Rajshahi, and two from Barisal and Sylhet, and one from Rangpur divisions.
[ April 12, 2021, Bangladesh ]  The infection rate jumped to 20.59 percent from 19.81 percent of Sunday's. So far, 5,037,833 samples, including 34,968 in the last 24 hours, have been tested. Bangladesh has been seeing record number of infections with daily case count surpassing 7,000 mark earlier this month before falling significantly on April 10 and April 11.
[ April 2021, Bangladesh, cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: Micronutrient rich food groups: 16 Consumption of food groups rich in protein, vitamin A and haem iron is lowest among unregistered Rohingya  ( Figure 8 ) . Registered Rohingya have a better intake of vitamin A  ( mainly from vegetables )  and protein  ( from plant and animal sources ) . About 23 percent of unregistered Rohingya households reported not consuming iron rich foods at all in the seven days before the survey, compared to 8 percent of registered households
[ 16th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  In some places, kitchen markets were open and people gathered in numbers to buy daily essentials. Although the government imposed fresh restrictions on public movement and overall activities with an announcement of closure of all government and non government offices for eight days from April 14 to contain the spread of Covid 19, some organizations are out of the purview of the ban.
[ 16th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  A report in this newspaper tells us that not a single empty ICU bed is available in seven out of the ten government Covid dedicated hospitals in the nation. This is nothing if not alarming, and somewhat baffling as well. Last year, various coronavirus facilities were shut down, because it was said that they were no longer needed, that rather, resources were better spent elsewhere. Furthermore, there have been reports of ICU beds lying idle while patients suffered.
[ 16th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  Currently, 17,501 people are in isolation and 50,499 are quarantined. Till Friday afternoon, a total of 5.6 million people had received the first dose and 930,151 people the second dose of the Covid 19 vaccine. 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 named Sars CoV 2
[ 16th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh registered another 4,417 Covid cases in the 24 hours until Friday morning as 18,906 samples, including the impending ones, were tested in 257 authorized labs across the country. With the latest infections, the overall tally now stands at 711,779. Some 18,707 samples were collected in the 24 hours. But official data shows the number of samples tested gradually dropped below the 19,000 mark, down from around 34,000 samples in a span of just five days.
[ 16th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  This means the latest infection rate is the highest in a week, and that too, on a day when the country saw a record 101 fatalities from Covid 19. After the country detected the first three Covid 19 cases on March 8 last year, the infection rate started to rise sharply in two months. The figure continued to be over the 20% level until late August, before plummeting significantly at the end of last year.
[ 16th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  The downward trend was in place almost throughout last winter. The rate was below 5% for two months but it again started to intensify from the second week of March this year. It has taken a serious turn, and since late last month, causing the daily caseloads to break the previous records almost every day. If the infection rate remains below the 5% mark for two consecutive weeks, it is considered that the Covid situation is well controlled in a country, the World Health Organisation says.
[ April 12, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Of the deceased, 54 died in Dhaka division, 17 in Chattogram, three in Rajshahi, four in Khulna, two each in Barishal, Sylhet and one in Rangpur. As of now, 5,676 coronavirus patients died in Dhaka division, 1,771 in Chattogram, 532 in Rajshahi, 617 in Khulna, 291 in Barishal, 340 in Sylhet, 387 in Rangpur and 208 in Mymensingh. Of the victims, 7,333 are men  ( 74.66 )  and 2,489 women  ( 25.34 ) .
[ 5th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Of the 52 deceased, including 34 men and 18 women, 40 were from Dhaka division, seven from Chittagong, and one each from Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal, Sylhet, and Rangpur divisions. Of the victims, 50 died at different hospitals and two at home. So far, 7,004 men  ( 75.17% )  and 2,314 women  ( 24.83% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country.
[ 15th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to government data, individuals who are 60 years old and above are the most vulnerable to Covid 19, with 56.29% of people in the age group succumbing to the malady till Thursday. Besides, 24.60% of the deceased were aged 51 to 60, 11.16% were between the ages of 41 and 50, 4.94% were 31 to 40 years of age, 1.90% were between 21 and 30, 0.70% were aged 11 to 20 and 0.40% were aged 0 to 10.
[ 5th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  The DGHS said 31,979 samples were collected from suspected Covid 19 patients in the last 24 hours and 30,239 among them were tested at 227 authorized labs. The latest figures show an infection rate of 23.40%, which is the highest in eight months. On August 7 last year, the daily test positivity rate stood at 22.45%, while it was 23.43% on August 6.
[ 16th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  Of the 101 deceased – 67 men and 34 women – 59 were from Dhaka division; 20 from Chittagong; six from Rangpur, five from Khulna, four from Barisal, three each from Rajshahi and Mymensingh and one from Sylhet. Of the victims, 94 died at different hospitals and seven at home. So far, 7,566 men  ( 74.31% )  and 2,616 women  ( 25.69% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country.
[ 11 April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has reported its highest single day coronavirus fatalities on Sunday, surpassing Saturday's figure. The health authorities confirmed 78 deaths during the last 24 hours till morning. A day earlier, the country recorded 77 fatalities, the highest since coronavirus cases were first reported in March last year. Fatalities from Covid 19 rose to 9,739 as the mortality rate remained static at 1.42 percent for the third consecutive day.
[ 11 April 2021, Bangladesh ] The virus claimed 568 lives in January this year, 281 in February and 638 in March. Meanwhile, 5,819 new cases were reported, pushing the local tally to 684,756, according to a handout issued by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .The infection rate slipped to 19.81 percent from 20.49 percent of Saturday's. So far, 5,002,865 samples, including 29,376 in the last 24 hours, have been tested. After reporting over 7,000 cases between April 4 and April 9, the daily case count fell significantly in the last 48 hours.
[ 11 April 2021, Bangladesh ] 74pc victims male Of the deceased, 47 died in Dhaka division, 20 in Chattogram, four in Rajshahi, four in Khulna, two in Sylhet, and one in Rangpur. As of now, 5,622 coronavirus patients died in Dhaka division, 1,754 in Chattogram, 529 in Rajshahi, 613 in Khulna, 289 in Barishal, 338 in Sylhet, 386 in Rangpur and 208 in Mymensingh. Of the victims, 7,279 are men  ( 74.74 )  and 2,460 women  ( 25.26 ) .
[ 16th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  The health authorities said 5,694 people recovered from the disease over the preceding 24 hours. So far, 602,908 patients – 84.70% – have made full recoveries across the country. As many as 18,906 samples, including pending ones, were tested at 257 authorized labs across the country. The latest figures show an infection rate of 23.36%. The overall infection rate in the country stands at 13.86%.
[ 27th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Both Host and Refugees: Nowadays, a significant number of both Rohingya and host community women did not consider the water points to be safe, due to distance, access and risks of GBV.
[ 18th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Some 69.48% of the victims of sexual harassment through spreading exclusive private pictures and videos on the internet are being perpetrated by their close ones. Of them, 33.77% of cases have affairs between the victims and offenders while in 35.71% of cases the offenders are familiar with the victims. The research finds that 92.20% of the victims are women, of the 56.49% belong to the age group of 18 30 years while 32.47% are under 18 years. The number of female victims in the age range of 18 30 years and below 30 years are much higher than the male victims, but the number is higher for male victims over the 30 years range than the females.
[ 27th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Both Host and Refugees:  Men in both refugee and host communities remain the ultimate decision makers for family and society matters. In Myanmar, Rohingya men had a traditional role as breadwinners and took on primary roles in community life while in the refugee camps in Bangladesh, men are largely unemployed and primarily depend on humanitarian aid for their livelihood.
[ 18th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  It said that most sexual harassment news found in the Dhaka division which is 33.12%, followed by Chittagong – 16.88%. As per the district wise sexual harassment incidents, the divisional headquarters are the front liners. The report mentioned that the rate of sexual harassment is 62.99% where it is 15.58% for rape, 13.64% for sexuality, 3.25% for suicide, 1.95% for attempt of suicide, and 1.95% others. The rate of spreading videos and pictures is 51.91% and 35.52% respectively.
[ 12 April 2021, Bangladesh Cox's Bazar ]  Junaid and his siblings quickly became separated in the panic and chaos that followed the massive fire in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh in the afternoon of 22 March. Flames quickly engulfed shelters, spreading across four refugee camps and forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes.
[ 16th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  During the Covid 19 pandemic, period poverty has been getting even more distressing for poorer women. The devastating effects of the covid pandemic have been barring women from participating in any form of economic activity. As a result, they have had to be dependent on their male counterparts for their sanitary necessities.
[ 15th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  Thousands of people are living at risk from landslides in the south eastern district of Rangamati. With the arrival of monsoon, landslides may occur anytime anywhere in the hilly areas as more rainfall is expected.
[ 9th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  Of the 63 deceased on Friday, including 43 men and 20 women, 42 were from Dhaka division, 10 from Chittagong, four from Barisal, three from Khulna, two from Rajshahi, and one each from Sylhet and Mymensingh divisions. All of them died in different hospitals across the country.
[ 5th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  However, shops and shopping malls were closed as per the government instruction to enforce the lockdown. Kitchen markets were seen open in different areas but the number of buyers was relatively thin. Visiting Mirpur area, UNB correspondent reports shops remained open in some areas despite the lockdown. City Corporation magistrate Saleha Binte Siraj conducted a mobile court drive at Mirpur 12 and fined five shop owners for keeping their shops open defying the government restriction.
[ 5th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  District and field administrations will take measures to enforce the directives in a coordinated way. Law enforcement agencies will strengthen patrol and take legal action against those who will violate the directives. The authorities concerned also decided to suspend domestic flights and passenger train and launch services during the lockdown.
[ 1st Jan  30th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  The COVID 19 pandemic and associated restrictions have impacted the access and utilization of critical Maternal Neonatal Child and Adolescent Health  ( MNCAH )  services, which was more than 50 per cent reduction compared to the first wave of COVID 19.
[ April 2021, Bangladesh, cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: the growing number of reports of insecurity has been driven by the registered Rohingya population, at 60 percent. Twenty three percent of unregistered Rohingya households reported insecurity in 2020, down from 29 percent in 2019. The registered population reported high rates of harassment and physical violence faced directly or indirectly.
[ 19th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  The number of coronavirus  ( Covid 19 )  cases in the last 30 days have rapidly climbed to 17,367 in Rangpur division, where the infection rate continues rising fast. The district wise breakdown of patients now stands at 4,459 in Rangpur, 820 in Panchagarh, 1,489 in Nilphamari, 1,025 in Lalmonirhat, 1,100 in Kurigram, 1,614 in Thakurgaon, 5,213 in Dinajpur and 1,647 in Gaibandha.
[ April 20 2021, Bangladesh ] The fresh Covid 19 cases were reported after testing 27,056 samples. The infection rate dropped to 16.85 percent from 17.68 percent on Monday, the handout said. Health authorities have so far confirmed 727,780 cases. Among them, 628,111 people   86.31 percent of all patients – have recovered. The virus claimed 568 lives in January this year, 281 in February and 638 in March.
[ 18th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  The foundation in its research paper recommended formulating policy regarding the usage of the internet for women and children like developed countries to contain the misuse of technology. It also recommended for extensive publicity, ensuring secured workplace, properly providing sex education, ensuring religious discipline and religious education, increase of trained personnel in law enforcing agencies, ensuring proper coordination between victims and law enforcing agencies, removing unemployment, and make the youths as skilled workforce through defining age limit of crime prone, nursing and flourishing domestic healthy culture for resisting aggression of pornography and subculture and supervision of parents on their children's cyber activities.
[ 1st Jan  30th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  During the reporting period, 4,592,580 children benefitted from Integrated Management of Childhood illness and 1,297,435 women were reached for prenatal, natal and postnatal services. In addition, 2,107,554 children  ( 63 per cent of the target )  were reached by the immunisation program. However, maternal and child health services declined over the same period due to movement restrictions in the COVID 19 pandemic situation.
[ April 20 2021, Bangladesh ] A 1,000 bed Covid 19 hospital at Dhaka North City Corporation's Mohakhali market was opened on April 18 in an attempt to increase the number of hospital beds. The dedicated hospital has a 212 bed ICU, 250 bed high dependency unit, an emergency unit with 50 beds, and 438 isolated high care rooms for patients.
[ 10th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  "A significant portion of school going children are at risk of learning loss. Thus, school reopening must be coupled with a set of remedial measures to cover the learning loss and help children to cope up," said Dr Imran Matin, executive director of BIGD. The survey also revealed very low access to distance learning through both public and private ,with only around 10% of students who had access to it or used distance learning opportunities to compensate for school closure.
[ 1st Jan  30th June 2021,Cox's Bazar ]  Both Host and Refugees: 17,395  ( 48 per cent female )  and 46,075  ( 49 per cent female )  children aged 0 11 months have received Penta 3 vaccination in Rohingya refugee populations and Cox's Bazar host communities respectively.
[ 27th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Despite initial disruptions during the first months of the pandemic, Bangladesh restored routine immunization services to pre Covid 19 levels in June 2020 and has steadily maintained this coverage, says Unicef. In addition, the country successfully held a mass immunization campaign for measles and rubella from December 2020 to January 2021 that reached 36 million children and overcame the additional challenges posed by Covid 19.
[ 1st Jan  30th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  Risk Communication and Community Engagement  ( RCCE ) , advocacy with different stakeholders such as Local Governmental Institutes and Civil Society Organizations should continue as they can further enhance the access to basic social services, reduce the transmission of COVID 19 and mitigate the impact on public health.
[ 10th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  The survey further revealed the psychological costs of the pandemic   children aged between 10 and 20 in urban slums are twice as stressed  ( 15.7% )  as those in rural areas  ( 8.4% ) . In his concluding remarks, Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman stressed the need for discussion on the three main consequences of school closures – learning loss, education cost burdens and multidimensional social alienation.
[ 29 March 4 April, 2021, Cox's Bazar ] As of this week  ( week 13 )  • Median age of tested and confirmed cases is 10  ( 0 120 )  and 18  ( 0 90 )  years • Female among tested and confirmed cases is 55% and 53% • All 34/34 camps have confirmed cases  ( C24 63, C2W 44, C3 33, C15 28, C6 25 )  • A total of 10 deaths from COVID 19 with the case fatality rate 2.2% • The incidence is 51.8 per 100,000 people with the growth rate 0.2% • The overall positivity of all samples tested was 1.3%
[ 1st Jan  30th June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Host: In the host community, 102,000 people  ( 43,860 female and 1,020 people with disabilities )  have access to safe drinking water through the construction of 110 hand pumps and 6 water networks. 7,805 water points were regularly disinfected with chlorine solutions. Furthermore, 80,500 people  ( 37,835 female and 805 people with disabilities )  have benefited from improved sanitation though the construction of 6,331 new latrines, repairing of 14,928 existing latrines and 5,677 disinfected latrines.
[ 15th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  The vaccination drive was conducted at 50 hospitals in Dhaka city and 1,005 hospitals outside the capital on Thursday, the DGHS said, adding that the immunization program will begin at 8am and continue till 2:30 pm every day amid the lockdown. But some hospitals will continue providing vaccine doses throughout the day, health officials said, reports BSS. As many as 7,088,469 people had completed vaccine registration till 5:30pm on Thursday.
[ 1st Jan  30th June 2021, Cox's Bazar ] Refugees: As an alternate method of delivering learning in the camps, radio programmes were used for distance learning to reach 57,603 children  ( 28,433 girls )  including 536 children with disabilities and their caregivers. Three radio programs were developed and broadcasted targeting learners, caregivers and teachers. Unfortunately, CLE has been blocked for the past three months with only 6,540 children being reached in camps intermittently, of a total 244,603 children reached for this reporting period.
[ 1st April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Coronavirus is taking a great toll on people over the age of 60 in Bangladesh. This age group, according to an analysis of official data, accounts for 55.90% of all deaths recorded since the pandemic broke out in March last year. The data recorded so far provides solid evidence to support the argument that there has been no change in the age of Covid deaths in the country as the majority of virus casualties are aged above their 60s.
[ 1st April 2021, Bangladesh ]  A record breaking 6,469 people tested positive for the deadly virus in the past 24 hours, taking the country's total number of cases to 617,764. Meanwhile, children remain at extremely low risk as only 0.42% of deaths occurred for people under 10, while it was 0.74% for age 11 20 and nearly 1.97% for age 21 30. Around 4.98% were aged 31 40.
[ 15th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  As of Thursday, the total number of vaccine receivers given the first vaccine dose stands at 5,686,885. Among them, 3,525,989 are male and 2,160,896 female. Besides, a total of 930,151 people received the second jab of the vaccine – 637,456 male and 292,695 female – as the countrywide vaccination campaign began on February 7. People aged 40 and above now can get registered to receive the Covid 19 vaccine, Health Ministry sources said.
[ 1st April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has recorded its highest ever daily jump in Covid 19 cases as well as the second highest fatalities in a day since the pandemic broke out in March last year A total of 6,469 people tested positive in the 24 hours till Thursday morning as the country crossed the 6,000 mark for the first time. The country also logged a total of 59 deaths, which is the highest number of deaths in nine months. On June 30 last, the number of fatalities in a single day was 64.
[ 1st April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Of the victims, 57 died at different hospitals and two at home. So far, 6,847 men  ( 75.2% )  and 2,258 women  ( 24.8% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country. Since the beginning, 5,192 people have died in Dhaka division, 1,645 in Chittagong, 506 in Rajshahi, 586 in Khulna, 274 in Barisal, 325 in Sylhet, 376 in Rangpur, and 201 in Mymensingh. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far stands at 1.47%.
[ 1st Jan  30th June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: As of 30 June 2021, 607 LCs have been damaged in addition to the 140 LCs that were destroyed by the fire incident in March 2021, affecting four camps. Only 107 affected LCs have been repaired so far. With the new surge of COVID 19 across the country, all repair and reconstruction work for LCs have been suspended since new lockdown introduced by the government on 1 July 2021.
WHO continues to provide epidemiological data to support operational decision making for the COVID 19 response in 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.
[ 1st Jan  30th June 2021, Cox's Bazar ] Host: In Cox's Bazar host community, UNICEF and partners have mobilized and engaged a total of 238,406 people  ( 87,795 female )  on key COVID 19 prevention and vaccination related messages and information.
In recent weeks, an increasing trend in the positive cases among the host community has been observed. In week 8, 35 cases came out positive in comparation with the 20 positive cases registered in the previous week. In week 12, the number of positive COVID 19 cases registered among the host community is 203. The positivity also rises from 2.2 percent in week 8, to 8.8 percent in week 12. Most cases increased in the municipality area with more than 50% of new cases  ( 247 out of 426 )  contributing to the total number in the district. During the reporting period, no confirmed cases of death have been observed in the district, although 60% of ICU beds were occupied during the last two weeks. Less than 40% bed occupancy has been observed in general isolation beds in different Upazilas. In response to the increase in number of cases among the host community, the Government of Bangladesh and the Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner  ( RCCC )  in Cox's Bazar have imposed movement restrictions and other mitigation measures in district and camp areas All tourist activities will remain closed in the district for next two weeks.
No Rapid Diagnostic Test  ( RDT )  positive cases for Acute Water Diarrhea  ( AWD )  were reported in the reporting period. The total number of cases reported so far is twelve in 2021: five  ( 05 )  from the refugee camps and seven  ( 07 )  from host communities. Out of these, two  ( 02 )  were culture confirmed and ten  ( 10 )  tested negative by culture. In 2020, a total of 28 RDT positive cases for Cholera were detected through sentinel testing, five  ( 05 )  of which were confirmed by culture   two from Ukhiya host community, one from Teknaf host community and two from the refugee camps. Currently 22 sentinel testing sites are functional in camp setting including Ukhia and Teknaf Upazila Health Complex. It is important to note that a Cholera outbreak occurred in late 2019 with a reported number of 239 RDT/culture positive cases and in response a mass Oral Cholera Vaccine  ( OCV )  vaccination campaign was conducted with over 160 000 children of 1 <5 years being vaccinated with a 2  doses regimen.
Since the onset of the outbreak in 2017, Diphtheria surveillance is ongoing in the camps. The total number of diphtheria cases reported is 9256 to date  ( 3016 in 2017; 5334 in 2018; 617 in 2019; 226 in 2020 and 71 as of week 12, 2021 ) . In total, 9014 cases were reported in the camps and 242 from the host community, with 47 deaths registered in the refugee camps and none in the host community. While the first Diphtheria case was detected on 10 November 2017, the first death occurred on 29 December 2017 and the last death on 25 October 2019.
[ 8th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh on Wednesday recorded the highest number of Covid 19 cases  ( 7,626 )  in a day, since the pandemic broke out in the country in March last year. Amid the backdrop of a resurgence of Covid 19 deaths and cases in the country, the government imposed a week long countrywide lockdown from Monday to choke the spread of coronavirus and contain the number of fatalities. However, people yet remain apathetic to health rules.
Informal settlements, as the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, may face a high risk of large and multiple dwelling fires due to the different factors such as the high density of shelters and the use of combustible construction materials such as bamboo and plastic sheeting. Poor electrical installations, the use of kerosene lamps and poor accessibility for fire response vehicles are also considered high risk factors for the rapid spread of a fire. In addition, specific risks arise in health facilities due to the use of oxygen concentrators and ventilators.
[ April 2021, Bangladesh, cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: Food access deprivation was faced by about 51 percent of the refugee community, mainly related to desire for other food items not provided as part of the assistance package, coupled with their limited purchasing power.
[ 19th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  “We have informed the higher authorities about the need to increase ICU capacities in hospitals under Rangpur division,' he added. Meanwhile, Rangpur Covid 19 Prevention Committee Convener Khairul Anam Benju said that there were no sample collecting booths in the area. “If samples are collected properly, the number of Covid 19 cases would rise even further.' He demanded that local administrations go for a lockdown of the homes of Covid 19 patients to prevent a further transmission of the deadly virus.
[ 27 April, 2021, Cox's Bazar Bangladesh ] Increase in COVID 19 cases   473 cases confirmed in Cox's Bazar district both Host and Rohingya Community 26 April 2021 • Host Community: • Total Confirmed Cases: 7448 ( 57 )  • Death: 84  ( 1 )  • Rohingya Community: • Total Confirmed Cases: 525  ( 0 )  • Death: 11  ( 0 )
[ 27 April 2021, Teknaf, Cox's Bazaar ]  Bangladesh Coast Guard members have rescued 30 Rohingya men, women, and children who were illegally travelling to Malaysia by sea, in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf upazila. They were rescued along with a fishing trawler from Bara Dale beach area of Baharchara union in Teknaf upazila at around 8am on 27 April 2021. Among them, 20 are women, five men and five children.