nlp-thedeep/humsetbias huggingface dataset:
[ 23   29th Nov 2020, Camp, Cox's Bazar ]  All suspected mortality due to specific causes  ( maternal, neonatal, SARI and other infectious diseases )  continue being investigated by assigned teams i.e. MPDSR team, RIRT, JAT or CHDSO. So far 15 suspected SARI death investigation were conducted, three reclassified as probable and confirmed COVID 19 deaths according to the protocol. October December 2020 quarterly EWARS health facilities supportive supervision continued, expected to end by 31st of December 2020. Currently, 146 visits have taken place in health facilities in camps and outside camps.
[ Jan 2021, Bangladesh Cox's Bazar ] The map shows the number of people in need of assistance in northern upazilas of Cox's Bazar District which is outside of areas targeted by the Joint Response Plan 2021. The pie charts represent level of monthly achievements by 3 reporting partners compared to the People in Need. According to the poverty levels in each upazila outlined in the District Development Plan and taking COVID 19 impacts into consideration, FSS identified 629,297 individuals as people who are at risk of food insecurity.
[ November 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: Mask wearing for preventing the spread of COVID 19 remains low among the refugee population, despite the distribution of a least two masks per person over the age of five in all 34 camps. Messaging and community engagement efforts are still required to encourage consistent use of the masks.
[ 17th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Since the beginning of the COVID 19 pandemic, the ICRC has been working with religious leaders to reach all sections of the community with messages on key topics including disease prevention and management of the dead. Religious leaders are often the primary source of reliable information for communities, particularly in rural areas.
[ 15th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Until now, 2,986,458 tests have been carried out, including 16828 new ones, and 16.49 percent of the patients turned out to be positive.
[ 4th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Strong legal action will be taken against persons who will disobey this order. In this case, concerned are requested to take necessary actions on this matter under his/her ministry/department.
[ 15th December 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Through its Postgraduate Fellowship in Migrant and Refugee Health programme, Doctors Worldwide delivered training modules for 36 different agencies and almost half the Bangladeshi doctors working in the Rohingya camps, as well as between and in host communities.For example, with the recurrence of pregnancy related emergencies, the programme opened its obstetric emergencies training session to all camp based facilities, while an additional training was organized for over 110 doctors and midwives. As a result of this training, an average of 1,480 antenatal and postnatal consultations are now conducted each week.
[ November 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: Further, 8.7 per cent of the cases showed severe symptoms at the time of admission and 6.8 per cent of the cases reported at least one co morbidity. Refugees above the age of 50 recorded the highest test positivity and mortality rates as of the end of November.
[  7 13 December 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  In the reporting period, one suspected SARI death has been investigated. So far, 48 suspected SARI deaths have been reported in 2020 through community based mortality surveillance. Among these, all were verified and 43 qualified for detailed investigation. Three deaths were considered as probable for COVID 19 and responded to as per current COVID 19 surveillance Standard Operating Procedures  ( SOP )
[  7 13 December 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  In 2020, 22 Acute Watery Diarrhea  ( AWD )  Rapid Diagnostic Test  ( RDT )  positive cases for Cholera have been verified of which 17 qualified for JAT investigation, including two in the reported week  ( Week 50 ) . Cumulatively, three cases have been confirmed by culture of Vibrio Cholerae, the causative organism for Cholera: one among Ukhiya Host Community, one among Teknaf Host Community and one in the Rohingya Refugee camps. One  ( 1 )  result is still pending, and others tested negative for culture. Twenty  ( out of 23 )  sentinel sites for cholera surveillance are functional including two UHCs and one DTC  ( located at Leda near camp 24 )  in Ukhiya and Teknaf testing around 200 samples per month
[ 5th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  On May 20th 2020, Cyclone Amphan made landfall in West Bengal and caused significant damage in the coastal areas of Bangladesh.
[ December 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Currently there are 15 operational Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Isolation and Treatment Centres  ( SARI ITCs )  in the camps with a total of 652 active and 579 standby beds. Bed occupancy among the SARI ITCs further decreased over the holiday period with 6 percent of the available bed capacity being used. Most cases of COVID 19 were mild to moderate, however severe cases continued to occur with some deteriorating to critical status, requiring transfer to the Sadar Hospital Intensive Care Unit.
[ 22nd Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  The total number of coronavirus cases surged to 503,000 as the health authorities recorded 1,318 fresh cases in the 24 hour span.
[ 23rd March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Two separate fires at the camps on Friday destroyed scores of shanties, officials said then. Sikder said the cause of the fires was not yet known. Two big blazes had also hit the camps in January, leaving thousands homeless and gutting four Unicef schools.
[ March 2021, Bangladesh ] The effects of COVID 19 restrictions in Bangladesh: COVID 19 restrictions had two main impacts. Firstly, they exacerbated people's existing vulnerabilities. Markets became harder to access, supply chains stalled, and farmers struggled to source inputs for the aman and boro rice seasons.
[ March 2021, Bangladesh ] About 60 percent of farmers reported they needed to sell their rice at higher prices due to increased transportation costs they incurred.
The highest number of weekly cases  ( 25,481 )  reported in epi–week 26  ( 22 – 28 JUN 2020 )  while the highest weekly death  ( 314 )  recorded in the following week 27  ( 29 JUN – 05 JUL 2020 ) . Weekly cases increased in Rajshahi division by 28.9% and Barishal by 1%; while decreased in Mymensingh division by 47.9% followed by Rangpur – 40.3%, Sylhet – 36.9%, Khulna – 28.1%, Dhaka – 20.3% and Chattogram – 10.9% than last week.
[ March 2021, Bangladesh ] Herders alike could not travel to sell livestock or products, and 75 percent of dairy farmers encountered considerable disruptions in getting milk to markets, which caused them significant losses  ( FAO, 2020 ) .
[ 30th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Airlines concerned shall keep all the passengers well informed about the requirements and formalities of origin / transit / destination countries well before of their travel. Quarantine  ( institutional/home )  formalities for the diplomats and their family members shall be as per the decision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bangladesh.
[ 14th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies  ( IFRC )  on Monday handed over four new ambulances and a COVID 19 sample collection van to Bangladesh Red Crescent Society  ( BDRCS )  to help them transfer patients to hospitals and support COVID 19 sample collection and testing.
[ 18th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  As many as 14,336 samples, including the pending ones, were tested in the 159 authorized labs    government and private    across the country. The latest figures show an infection rate of 9.19%. The overall infection rate of the country stands at 16.34%.
[ 18th Dec 2020 ]  In the world's largest refugee settlement in Bangladesh, only 356 Rohingya refugees had contracted the disease out of a population of more than 860,000, according to available testing by December.
[ 27th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: 54% of refugees in the camps are accessing chlorinated water through piped distribution networks. 102 water networks are finalized and other 68 are under construction at the moment. Communities in camps rely as well on a high number of deep or shallow tube wells.
[ 27th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh hopes to get 55 million doses of vaccine by June, says the health minister. Around 55 million people  ( one third of the Bangladesh population )  will not get the Covid 19 vaccine as they do not fulfill the criteria of the World Health Organization  ( WHO ) , Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said.
[ 28th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Due to the current situation of COVID 19, following the above mentioned memos, adding the following conditions, the imposition of previous restrictions has been extended from midnight on 28 April to midnight on 5 May 2021.
[ 26th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  Three persons were injured while some 50 houses were damaged in a storm at Armukhi village in Sadar upazila of Jhenaidah on Tuesday night.
[ 4th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Out of the total 516,019 COVID 19 cases registered as of 03 January 2021, 89.3%  ( 460,598 )  recovered, 1.48%  ( 7,626 )  died and 9.26%  ( 47,795 )  are active cases. In the epidemiological week 53, weekly average number of COVID 19 active cases decreased by 7%, in comparison to the previous week  ( 48,555 and 52,229 respectively ) ; during the same time, weekly recovery has decreased by 40.2%  ( 8,637 and 14,434 respectively ) .
[ 26th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  Morrelganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Delwar Hossain said that the roads and drains of the Upazila have been inundated due to an unusual increase in the water level of Panguchi River.
[ 6 May, 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The pandemic exacerbates the lack of protection for forcibly displaced and stateless women and girls, further exposing gaps in national legal protection and human rights frameworks in the region. While some non signatory States host significant numbers of displaced persons and address urgent humanitarian needs, severe rights violations persist, including arbitrary detention, sexual and gender based violence  ( SGBV ) , refoulement, lack of access to justice, education, lawful employment, and, critically, healthcare. Furthermore, the current pandemic does not discriminate based on legal status. To effectively protect all persons within territories and rebuild economies, States must include displaced and stateless populations in their COVID 19 response plans.
[ 12th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  The categories under which the passes will be issued have not been made public. Assistant Inspector General of Police  ( AIG Media )  Sohel Rana said Inspector General of Police  ( IGP )  Dr Benazir Ahmed will inaugurate the app at Rajarbagh Police Lines on Tuesday. People can apply for the pass at movementpass.police.gov.bd from Wednesday night, April 14. Conditional permission will be granted for a specified period.
Bangladesh: Refugee: The primary and secondary impacts of COVID 19 have compromised access to health and nutrition services for Rohingya refugees, reversing some of the gains made in the past few years.
[ 14th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh on Sunday reported 32 more COVID 19 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the fatalities to 7,052. The country also recorded 1,355 new cases, pushing the caseload to 490,533.The mortality rate stood at 1.44 percent, said the Directorate General of Health Services.
[ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Host Community: : L O W  E X P O S U R E H O S T S  F A C E D  L A R G E R  W O R K   A N D   I N C O M E   S H O C K S , W H I C H   T R A N S L A T E D I N T O   G R E A T E R   D I F F I C U LT Y   I N   F O O D   A C C E S S   D U R I N G   T H E   C O V I D   1 9   L O C K D O W N S :
[ 4th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  As of 03 January 2021, according to the DGHS Press Release 3,260,327 COVID 19 tests were conducted in Bangladesh with the overall positivity rate of 15.83%  ( 7.6% in last 24 hours )  by 180 laboratories. Two  ( 2 )  laboratories with GeneXpert test capacity  ( Dhaka Medical College Hospital and Manikganj 250 Bed District Hospital )  and 11 more districts with Rapid Antigen test facilities have been added to the network COVID 19 testing facilities.
[ 20th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh is seeing 2,940.07 infections, 2,569.06 recoveries, and 42.75 deaths per million.
[ 19th Dec 2002 Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh's Covid 19 fatalities rose to 7,242 until early Saturday with 25 more deaths in the past 24 hoursThe death rate stood at 1.45%, the Directorate General of Health Services said.
[ Bangladesh ]  Refugee: Constrained access to health and nutrition services could worsen the nutrition crisis, raising acute malnutrition rates by 14 per cent
[ 18 May, 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: In Cox's Bazar, the COVID 19 pandemic has made life even harder for some 880,000 Rohingya refugees living in camps as well as for thousands of impoverished Bangladeshis living in nearby communities.
[ 20th Dec 2020, Bangladesh  ]  A few days earlier, Dr Shamsul Haque had said physicians, healthcare professionals, and staff members of government Covid 19 dedicated facilities will get the vaccine first, followed by the same groups at private institutions.
[ Bangladesh ]  Refugee: Since March 2020, however, access to the camps has been restricted to critical services, and adolescent girls and people with disabilities are among those least likely to access the services they need.8
[ 20th Dec 2020, Bangladesh  ]  Frontline workers fighting Covid 19, the elderly, and people with comorbidities will also get priority in the vaccination effort,' he added.
[ 1 30 November 2020, Bangladesh ]  Refugee: UNHCR supported Community Outreach Members  ( COMs )  from the refugee communities continued their messaging and information dissemination. Since June, COMs have conducted 9,785 elderly support visits reaching 10,554 older persons and their caretakers.
[ 26th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  the 24 hours till 8am on Saturday, as many as 24 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals, including 23 in Dhaka alone. Currently, 67 patients are undergoing treatment at hospitals, including one in outer Dhaka and 66 patients in 41 government and private hospitals in the capital, according to DGHS data. No casualties have been reported yet.
[ 4th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to DGHS, as of 03 January 2021, the current institutional quarantine capacity in the country is represented by 629 centres across the 64 districts, which can receive 31,991 persons. A total of 45,140 individuals were placed in quarantine facilities and of them 42,166  ( 93.4% )  have already been released. Over the same period, total of 96,656 individuals were isolated in designated health facilitates and of them 85,249  ( 88.2% )  have been released.
[ 26th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  Eminent virologist Prof Dr Nazrul Islam told Dhaka Tribune: “You have to kill mosquitoes to prevent dengue infection and you have to wear a mask to avoid coronavirus. These are two completely different things. There is a possibility of a catastrophic crisis in the hospitals if dengue rises amid the pandemic.' “It has been raining for the last few days. This will continue from April to October. During this time, dengue cases increase. Outbreaks of dengue increased at this time in 2019 as well. Although there was no such outbreak last year, the number of patients is increasing again this year,' he said.
[ Bangladesh ]  Health 3.4 million children need immunization services
[ 23rd March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Gazi Salahuddin, a police inspector, said the fire was doused at around midnight and officers earlier heard that five people including three children and two women had died from the fire. The feared toll has since risen to seven. Officials told AFP a preliminary assessment found that more than 900 shanties – home to about 7,400 refugees – had been gutted, with the blaze still burning.
[ Bangladesh ]  Child protection, GBViE and PSEA 715,669 children need psychosocial support
[ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Host Community: 96 percent of camp households reported receiving WFP food assistance in March but more than half of them reported receiving less food than usual from this assistance. While the entitlement and caloric value of assistance provided per capita have not changed, the shift in modality to fixed food baskets due to new COVID 19 regulations has brought initiatives to improve nutritional intake and dietary diversity by the humanitarian response to a temporary halt, and may be driving these adverse perceptions.
[ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Host Community: Low exposure hosts are also more likely to depend on purchases for consumption while high exposure regions, by virtue of being more reliant on agriculture, reported marginally higher shares of consumption from self production. Under normal circumstances, greater dependence on food outside of home in urban communities contributes positively to dietary diversity. Yet, in context of the COVID 19 crisis and the subsequent mobility restrictions, these market reliant LE hosts have been exposed to larger economic shocks, which have posed threats in turn to food security.
[ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Host Community: HOST COMMUNITYOn average, both high and low exposure host households consumed 10 out of the 12 basic food groups in the week preceding the CBPS baseline survey1 , consu ming 2,240 calories per capita per day on average. However, more than 2 out of 3 hosts reported not being able to consume their preferred foods or having to consume limited variety of foods due to a lack of resources across the reduced coping strategy scale.2
[ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ] Refugee Community: Despite higher than adequate calorie intake per capita, at baseline  ( March August 2019 ) , more than 90 percent of Rohingya households in camps reported not being able to either consume their preferred foods or having to consume a limited variety of foods due to lack of resources, which is consistent with their high dependence on the limited variety of foods received through aid.
[ 2 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Radio wave is too weak to broadcast at camp area so that IRI session can't impact fully.
[ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ] Refugee Community: 96 percent of camp households reported getting food assistance from WFP in March 2020 but more than half of them reported receiving “less food' than usual. This perception of less food than before is possibly driven by the shift of modality, where a fixed basket of food seems more restrictive despite containing the same total monetary and caloric value of food entitlement received in the value voucher modality which provides more flexibility in basket composition
[ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Host Community: HOST COMMUNITY ACCESS TO ASSISTANCE IS LOW, COMING LARGELY FROM THE GOVERNMENT IN THE FORM OF BASIC FOOD ASSISTANCE AS PART OF THE COVID RESPONSE: 1 out of 7 host households report receiving some form of assistance since March 1, with three quarters being new recipients of assistance  ( compared with the beginning of 2020 )  and the vast majority in the form of basic food. High exposure households report receiving marginally more assistance from NGOs than low exposure households.
[ 27th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  The minister said Bangladesh has already placed a purchase order for 30 million vaccine doses  ( enough for 15 million people )  and is expected to receive the doses from late January or early February to July in six installments.
[ 2 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Caregivers aren't educated enough, so in some cases it can't work properly.
[ 2 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  We couldn't assess their class wise/subject wise learning outcomes.
[ 7 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Host/Refugee: Other major risks in the refugee community include health concerns, the inability of households to access basic products/services and youth and gender based violence  ( GBV ) . In the host community socio cultural constraints  ( child marriage and polygamy ) , access to nutritious food and lack of skills stand out as key risks.
[ 27th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  The country will get around 60 million more vaccines  ( enough for about 20% of total population )  from WHO Covex, and expects to receive the doses in installments from June next year, he added.
[ 28th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  In this regard, the Health Services Division, Public Security Division, Security Services Division, Ministry of Shipping and the concerned deputy commissioners will take necessary steps to strictly follow the rules and regulations made by the Department of Health regarding the 14 day quarantine of those entering Bangladesh.
[ 14 April; 2021, Bangladesh ] However, the number of daily cases fell to 5,185 from Tuesday's 6,028. Bangladesh reported its first coronavirus cases on March 8. Since then, 703,170 cases have been confirmed. The country has conducted 5,095,613 covid tests, including 24,825 new ones, since the beginning of the outbreak.
[ 20th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh on Sunday crossed 500,000 confirmed Covid 19 cases, with 1,153 people testing positive for the novel coronavirus in the country in the 24 hours till Sunday morning.
[ 14th January 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  In addition, the international community must fully fund the humanitarian response for the Rohingya crisis, which is woefully under funded. Without adequate funding, essential lifesaving services for the Rohingya will suffer.'
[ 30 March 2021, Bangladesh 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.
[ 30 March 2021, Bangladesh Cox's Bazar ] o 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.
[ 2 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  An acute scarcity of Rohingya Community  ( RC )  female teachers & qualified Host Community  ( HC )  female teachers.
[ 18 May, 2021, Cox's Bazar ] Refugee/Host: Besides the health risks posed by the virus, lockdowns to reduce its spread have hit the livelihoods of locals, and the ability of refugees to supplement the assistance they receive from aid organizations. The result has been increasing levels of food insecurity in both populations. A recent assessment by the World Food Programme found that by the end of 2020, 86 per cent or Rohingya refugees were highly vulnerable to poverty and hunger, up from 70 per cent in 2019.Vulnerability also rose in the local community, with 51 per cent considered moderately or highly vulnerable compared to 41 per cent the previous year.
[ 27th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  He also said they have already provided training for vaccination and are in the process of increasing manpower for the vaccination program, as regular vaccination programs will continue alongside Covid 19 vaccination.
[ 23rd March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Based on provisional reports, as of this morning  ( Tuesday 23 March ) , 15 refugees are confirmed to have tragically lost their lives in the fire. More than 560 have been injured and an estimated 400 people are still missing.
[ 4th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  As of 03 January 2021, among the reported cases 26.8% cases were confirmed in people between 30 and 39 years old, 19.7% in the age group of 40 to 49, 18.2% in 20 to 29 years and 16.5% in the age group between 50 and 59 years old, 12.5% in the age group 60 and above and 6.3% in the age group below 20 years. The highest death rate  ( 31.5% )  was reported in the age group of 60 to 69 years old, 22.4% in the age group of 70 to 79, 21.2% in 50 to 59 years, 9.4% in the age group 80 and above, 8.7% in 40 to 40 and remaining 6.8% in the age group below 40 years. Male represents 71% and 76% of the of total reported confirmed COVID 19 cases and deaths respectively.
[ 14th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, the government on Sunday signed an agreement with Serum Institute of India Pvt Limited for procuring COVID 19 vaccine. Under the deal, Bangladesh will import 30 million doses of Oxford/Astrazeneca Vaccine, 5 million in each month, from Serum Institute in the next six months.
[ 14th January 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  “Put simply, despite the relentless efforts of humanitarian communities, a refugee camp is no place for a child to grow up. “This is why the international community must find a lasting and durable solution to the plight of the Rohingyas.
[ 23rd March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  So far, 13,000 Rohingya have been moved to the flood prone island that critics say is in the path of deadly cyclones.
[ 18th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  As of 17 January 2021, among the reported cases 26.7% cases were confirmed in people between 30 and 39 years old, 19.7% in the age group of 40 to 49, 18.2% in 20 to 29 years and 16.6% in the age group between 50 and 59 years old, 12.6% in the age group 60 and above and 6.3% in the age group below 20 years. The highest death rate  ( 32.0% )  in the older age group of 70 and above, 31.8% was reported in the age group of 60 to 69 years old, 21.1% in 50 to 59 years, and 15.1% in the age group of below 50 years. Male represents 71% and 76% of the of total reported confirmed COVID  19 cases and deaths respectively.
[ Bangladesh ] IN NEED 173.7 million people2 62.7 million children3
[ 14th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  After an argument, Rozina with her mother and some men abducted her from her father's house that afternoon. The survivor said they took her to different places, drugged her, and had her raped several times.
Shelter kit received before monsoon  ( 393 responses )  70% of respondents did not receive a shelter kit before monsoon
[ 27th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Health Minister Zahid Maleque said: “We have established it as a global standard vaccine testing lab, which will test the efficacy of the vaccine. The lab has two units – a biological lab and chemical lab. The biological lab got WHO approval this year and the chemical unit is at the approval stage.
[ 18th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to DGHS, as of 17 January 2021, the current institutional quarantine capacity in the country is represented by 629 centres across the 64 districts, which can receive 31,991 persons. A total of 45,773 individuals were placed in quarantine facilities and of them 42,854  ( 93.6% )  have already been released. Over the same period, total of 98,143 individuals were isolated in designated health facilitates and of them 86,995  ( 88.6% )  have been released.
[ 1st 14th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Currently, 517 general isolation beds are functional in the 14 Severe Acute Respiratory Infection  ( SARI )  Isolation and Treatment Centers  ( ITCs )  located in the camps 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 ~20%. 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 during admission
[ March 2021, Bangladesh ] Protecting crop farmers and livestock keepers alike: Based on feedback from previous beneficiaries and after talking to government focal points in the field, FAO's part of the joint action consisted of two separate interventions that would target two different kinds of farming households: those dependent on crop and those dependent on livestock.
[ 13th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  So, to ensure transparency, the government officials at the upazila level needs to be directly involved in relief and incentives distribution instead of union parishad  ( UP )  chairmen and members.
[ 17th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  The mortality rate now stands at 1.45%, according to the Directorate General of Health Services. Besides, some 1,134 new Covid 19 cases were reported until Thursday morning, taking the country's caseload to 496,975. So far, 431,590 patients – 86.84% – including 2,239 ones in the last 24 hours, have recovered.
[ 13th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  “UP chairmen and members do not distribute relief and incentives properly to the real poor people. They allocate part of it and sell the rest to businesses,' Poverty Elimination Organization Chairman Md Zakir Hossain said.
[ July 2020, Bangladesh ]  Similarly in Bangladesh, COVID 19 has cut aid workers in camps by 80 percent. Moreover, without appropriate measures COVID 19 can spread rapidly in refugee camps.88 Many camps, such as the Rohingya settlements in Cox's Bazar, are among the most densely populated areas in the world, and are already experiencing several cases of COVID 19 with over 15,000 refugees in quarantine
[ July 2020, Bangladesh ]  Access to the labor market. Refugees living in camps face reduced access to livelihood opportunities due to both de jure  ( i.e. lack of labor market access and freedom of movement )  and de facto  ( i.e. the remote nature of the camps )  restrictions. Their livelihood options are often limited to a mix of humanitarian help and informal work within the in camp economy, though some are able to leave the camps to work in informal low skilled jobs. The COVID 19 mobility constraints have impeded the functioning of both of these economies. For instance, the lockdown of a Rohingya camp in Bangladesh led to a closure of all site development works and shops, many of which were staffed by refugees.8
[ 1st 14th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Home of over 860 000 Rohingya refugees, the 34 densely populated camps located in Ukhiya and Teknaf Upazilas in Cox's Bazar may face a higher risk of devastating consequences due to the large number of people living in a reduced space, the temporary construction materials of its shelters and the poor accessibility to coordinate a fast evacuation. Further to this context, the Rohingya refugee camps are not yet included in the national preparedness and early warning framework of the Government of Bangladesh, increasing the vulnerability of these populations.High winds and flash floods resulted from the tropical storms are likely to destroy the shelters made of bamboo and plastic sheeting despite the efforts made to strengthen these infrastructures.
[ 1 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Child protection sub sector partners are reporting increased levels of violence against children, gender based violence and psychosocial distress. With deteriorating COVID19 situation, since April 2021 access to the camps has been restricted to critical services only10, and adolescent girls and people with disabilities are least likely to access the services they need.
[ 1 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  There were already too few health workers before the pandemic  ( 8.3 health workers per 10,000 people, compared with 45 per 10,000 recommended by the World Health Organization ) 12 Constrained access to health and nutrition services could lead to higher acute malnutrition rates by 14 per cent13
[  24th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Total 161 Learning Facilities damaged and destroyed 135 LCs destroyed in Camps 8E, 8W, 9 and 10 26 Community Based Learning Facilities  ( CBLF )  destroyed in Camp 9 12 LCs partially damaged in Camps 8W, 9 and 10 Approximately 13,166 Children has been affected   12,662 children from the LCs and   504 children from the CBLF
[ 1 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  In addition to these vulnerabilities, the population is at risk of recurrent monsoon and cyclonerelated disasters exacerbated by climate change. In 2020, one quarter of the country was flooded18, affecting 5.4 million people.
[ 29th July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: 47 respondents from the Rohingya community  ( 24% )  reported that they have some injuries  ( old and new )  and 87% of them  ( 41 persons )  are persons with disabilities.
[ 20th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  People aged 40 and above now can get registered to receive the Covid 19 vaccine, Health Ministry sources said. As many as 7,150,873 people had completed vaccine registration till 5:30pm on Tuesday.
[ 23rd March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  A huge blaze that ripped through a sprawling Rohingya refugee camp inBangladeshhas forced at least 50,000 people to flee, with seven feared dead, officials and aid workers said, in the biggest fire to hit the shanty settlement to date.
[ 23rd March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Nearly 1 million of the Muslim minority from Myanmar live in cramped and squalid conditions at the camps in the Cox's Bazar district, with many fleeing a military crackdown in their homeland in 2017.
[ 18th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  The test positivity rate is expected to be lower during holidays, as fewer people go for tests on holidays. However, the test positivity rates during the three day Eid ul Fitr holidays were recorded at 17.2%, 20.9% and 21.56%, and during the Eid ul Azha holidays they were recorded at 21.98%, 24.98% and 24.05%.
[ 20th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  As of Tuesday, the total number of vaccine receivers of the first vaccine dose stands at 5745,085. Among them, 3,563,218 are male and 2,181,867 female. Besides, a total of 1,678,181 people received the second jab of the vaccine – 1,117,766 male and 560,433 female – as the countrywide vaccination campaign began on February 7.
[ 18th Jan 2011, Bangladesh ]  In the 24 hours to Monday morning, 697 infections were reported with the daily test positivity rate standing at 5.49%.With the latest developments, the number of all confirmed cases now stands at 528,329 according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) , released on Monday afternoon. It was 4.23% and 4.73% on Sunday and Saturday respectively, which marked the continuation of the ongoing trend of single digit percentage test positivity rate in the country.
[  March 28 2021, Bangladesh ]  Thirty nine new Covid 19 deaths were recorded in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours until Saturday, the highest single day death toll in the past 3 months.
[ 18th Jan 2011, Bangladesh ]  697 new cases in 24 hours, recovery rate stands at 89.56% The daily percentage of people testing positive for Covid 19 in Bangladesh has gone up over 5% after remaining lower for two days.
[ 1st July 2021, Bangladesh ]  In Bangladesh, 68.3 million people lack safely managed drinking water, while 103 million people lack safely managed sanitation facilities.
[ 20th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  A total of 15,938 people were administered the first dose of the Covid 19 vaccine while 170,902 received the second jab across the country on Thursday. Among the vaccine recipients who received the first dose – 10,261 were male and 5,677 female – while those who received the second jab – 108,796 were male and 62,106 were female – said a Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  press release.
[ 1st July 2021, Bangladesh ]  The health authorities also resumed the mass Covid 19 vaccination program across Bangladesh on Thursday  ( July 1 ) , which will continue amid a strict week long nationwide lockdown that started from 6am.
[ 18th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  The country also logged a total of 498,293 coronavirus cases, with 1,318 people testing positive over the same period. As many as 14,336 samples, including pending ones, were tested at 159 authorized labs in the 24 hours. Although the daily test positivity rate was recorded at 9.19%, the overall infection rate of the country stands at 16.34%.
[ March 21, 2021, Bangladesh ] :The latest figures have pushed the Covid 19 fatalities to 8,690 and the total infections to 570,878, according to a handout by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .
[ 23rd March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Officials said the fire on Monday was believed to have started in one of the 34 camps – which span about 8,000 acres  ( 3,237 hectares )  of land – before spreading to two other camps. Thick columns of smoke could be seen billowing from blazing shanties in video shared on social media, as hundreds of firefighters and aid workers battled the flames and pulled the refugees to safety.
[ March 28 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to the latest figures provided by the country's health authorities, 3,674 more people got infected during the period, pushing up the total caseload to 5, 91,860.
[ 18th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  In a recent survey, the researcher found that only 5.8% slum people who responded had antigen test confirmation, while 74% of respondents were found to have developed antibodies. “This could be evidence of viral population interference or subclinical infection. It is still a hypothesis and not conclusive. If proved, it would be good for the country, for sure,' Dr Nazrul said.
[ 25th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The health centres that burned down  ( IOM hospital, Turkish field hospital, MSF clinic )  did not only serve the affected camps but served the wider Rohingya population and the Bangladeshi host community. The loss of these hospitals will have a long term impact on being able to adequately meet the health needs of the Rohingya in the camps.
[ 25th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  On March 16 last year, the government closed all educational institutions in an effort to contain the Covid 19 pandemic. The closures were extended in several phases, with the latest extension on February 27 when it was decided that the schools and colleges would reopen on March 30.
[ 25th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  At least six health facilities have been reported as damaged or destroyed by the fire  ( WHO 23/03/2021 ) . 2 An IOM hospital, MSF's Balukhali clinic, and the Turkish field hospital, all in camp 9, were burned down. The Turkish field hospital, a key referral facility which housed a WHO container for emergency preparedness and response stockpiling, has since been turned into a temporary health post and is receiving people throughout the day for care.
[ 25th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The total number of shelters destroyed remains unconfirmed, but reports suggest upwards of 10,000 have been destroyed. More than 200 structures in the host community were also damaged. Cooking items, liquefied petroleum gas  ( LPGs ) , water containers, and food stocks were lost, and families do not have the necessary items to store food and water.
[ 29th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Sanitation facilities must be provided according to the distinct needs of the affected population, including separate toilets and bathing spaces with strong locks and lighting in close vicinity of the living areas. Inclusive measures such as handrails and ramps should be installed. The 72 hour emergency kit must include menstrual hygiene management  ( MHM )  kits. Availing MHM disposal bins for women and girls should be prioritized.
[ November 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Human trafficking continues to be reported, even during COVID 19, with a noteworthy number of Rohingya victims in forced labour situations in Bangladesh.
[ 23rd March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: According toUN figures, as of this morning  ( Tuesday 23 March ) , 15 refugees are confirmed to have tragically lost their lives in the fire. More than 560 have been injured and an estimated 400 people are still missing.
[ 22nd Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Of the 17 victims, 11 were male, six female and 16 of them died in the hospital while one died at home. Of the total number of deceased, 11 were aged above 60, four were above fifty and two in their 40s, the press release said.
[ 22nd Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Of the total number of samples tested, 8.70% tested positive, whereas 16.21 % cases were detected from the total number of tests conducted so far, added the press release.
[ 23 March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: If a stranger offers you a job, money, shelter, food in exchange for something from you – you or your children may be at risk of being hurt, exploited, or trafficked
[ 19th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  The country also logged a total of 499,560 coronavirus cases with 1,267 people testing positive over the same period.
[ 22nd Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Of the 7,329 deaths, 4,005 deaths occurred in Dhaka division, 1,363 in Chittagong division, 430 in Rajshahi division, 518 in Khulna division, 235 in Barisal division, 290 in Sylhet division, 329 in Rangpur division, and 159 in Mymensingh division.
[ 22nd Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  The recovery count rose to 441,929 after another 2,235 patients were discharged from hospitals during the period.
[ 19th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has registered 25 deaths from Covid 19 in the 24 hours to Saturday morning. With the latest development, the total number of deaths reached 7,242 in the country.
[ 3rd July 2021, Bangladesh ]  The government plans to vaccinate 50 million people by December this year, despite only 4.28 million people having been vaccinated with both doses in the first six months of the vaccination campaign that commenced on February 7. To reach the target, the country will need to vaccinate about 450,000 people each day. However, over the past six months, an average of 28,000 people have been vaccinated each day.
[ 3rd July 2021, Bangladesh ]  Two consignments with a little over 2.5 million doses of the Moderna vaccine from the US, under the Covax facility, reached Dhaka on two flights   the first arriving at around 11:30pm Friday and the second one at around 8:40am Saturday. On the other hand, two million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine, which Bangladesh bought from China, arrived at Dhaka airport on two more flights.
[ 3rd July 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has so far received 12 million doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine from Serum Institute of India  ( SII ) . The country has so far approved eight Covid 19 vaccines    including Oxford AstraZeneca, Pfizer BioNTech, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, Sinovac, Sputnik V and Sinopharm    for use in its fight against the disease that has killed over 14,700 people.
[ 8th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  April was the cruelest month in terms of deaths with the country logging 2,404 deaths, the most in a month since the pandemic started. The highest ever daily deaths of 112 was reported on April 19. Only 638 fatalities were recorded in March.
[ 8th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  Coronavirus hospitalizations and cases have been on a decline since their peak numbers from mid March to mid April. Nearly 60% of the ICU beds dedicated for Covid 19 patients across the country are now vacant, according to official figures. Bangladesh reported 1,682 new cases on Friday, after hitting an all time high of 7,266 cases on April 7.
[ 3rd July 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh received 4.5 million doses of Covid 19 vaccines from the US and China in the past 48 hours, in a major boost to the nationwide Covid 19 vaccination campaign that resumed on Thursday.
[ 8th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to figures by the health authorities, there are 1,090 ICU beds dedicated for Covid 19 patients across hospitals in the country. As of Wednesday  ( May 5 ) , 618 or 57% of them were vacant. In capital Dhaka, around 60% of the 771 ICU beds in state run and private hospitals were empty while in the port city of Chittagong, 38 out of the 71 were vacant, says the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .
[ 8th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  Official figures show that 77% general beds for Covid 19 patients were empty until May 5. Among the 12,542 general beds, 2,920 were occupied across the country, as per official report. Besides, there are 830 beds equipped with high flow nasal cannula in Dhaka city, while 87 in Chittagong city. Moreover, there are 292 beds in high dependency units  ( HDUs )  with oxygen concentrators in Dhaka and 44 in Chittagong to provide service to the critical patients.
[ 3rd July 2021, Bangladesh ]  The highest number of vaccine doses that have been administered on a single day, on February 18, in the country is about 262,000. Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said the country has the capacity to vaccinate 350,000 people each day, and the main barrier to meeting the vaccination target is people's reluctance to get the vaccine.
The highest 112 deaths in a 24 hour span were reported on April 19 while the highest 7,626 new cases were recorded on April 7. The highest daily infection rate stood at 23.57% on April 9.
[ 28th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ] Refugees: This reduces the amount of food each household has for the month and increases the frustration and dissatisfaction the Rohingya feel about food assistance, especially when some of the items are things they do not want to eat or when the food is rotten and inedible.
She emphasized that people need to be more conscious regarding following the health protocol. She especially suggested that the youth should not roam outside aimlessly as they were also seen falling victims of the deadly virus. Asked what to expect if people do not follow safety rules and travel to their hometowns for the Eid holidays, she replied: "This is all about awareness. The people need to do it on their own."
[ April 2021, Bangladesh, cox's Bazar ] Both refugee and host: Men and women are engaged in different types of economic activity: men are more inclined towards engaging in daily wage labour or running small businesses/shops while women are more involved in home based activities or relatively more secure salaried jobs
[ 5th August 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Since 27 July, heavy monsoon rains have led to flash floods, waterlogging and landslides across the Rohingya refugee camp and surrounding Bangladeshi communities in which 71,015 refugees were affected, 24,909 refugees displaced and 8 refugee fatalities
[ 3 May, 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to the directives, no one will be allowed to enter the country through land, river and air routes from India other than goods laden vehicles.
[ 3 May, 2021, Bangladesh ]  The people who come from other countries will have to stay in government facilitated institutions for 14 days.
[ 1st  14th Feb, 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  In total 49 suspected SARI deaths were reported in 2020, of these all were verified and 45 underwent investigation. One  ( 01 )  death was confirmed for COVID 19 and two  ( 2 )  considered probable. Additionally, nine  ( 09 )  deaths from COVID 19 confirmed cases were reported with the case fatality rate of 2.7%.
[ 19th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Since the beginning, 3,959 have died in Dhaka Division, 1,343 in Chittagong, 426 in Rajshahi, 516 in Khulna, 231 in Barishal, 283 in Sylhet, 326 in Rangpur, and 158 in Mymensingh. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far stands at 1.45%.
[ 30th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  Following the government guidance and instruction, with effect from 0600 BST on 01 July 2021 until 2359 BST on 07 July 2021, all types of domestic flight operation by all air operators will remain suspended. However, Medevae/ humanitarian/ relief flights  ( in coordination with local police/authority by the operator )  and cargo flights will remain out of the purview of this restriction. Standard disinfection, sanitization and social distancing procedure for passenger, crew, equipment and aircraft  ( inflight or on ground )  shall strictly to be maintained/ followed for such flights.
[ 16th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Chairman of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh  ( CAAB )  Air Vice Marshal M Mafidur Rahman told UNB that they have asked all airlines to refrain from carrying Covid 19 patients but six coronavirus patients were found boarding the Biman Bangladesh Airlines from Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Biman has been fined Tk30,000  ( Tk5,000 for each passenger ) . Besides, Air Asia has been fined Tk1 lakh, he added.
[ 16th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Amid the reluctance of different airlines, Bangladesh's Covid 19 fatalities rose to 7,156 on Wednesday morning with reports of 27 more deaths in 24 hours, the health authorities said. The mortality rate stands at 1.44%, said the Directorate General of Health Services. As many as 40 coronavirus related deaths were recorded on Tuesday.