nlp-thedeep/humsetbias huggingface dataset:
[ 6th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Host: Needs prioritized by households included access to food  ( reported by 55% of households among their top three priority needs ) , access to cash  ( 54% )  and shelter materials  ( 40% ) . This was followed by access to income generating activities  ( IGAs )   ( 30% )  and access to clean drinking water  ( 26% ) . Compared to 2019, especially the proportions of households considering access to food and access to IGAs priority needs increased considerably, likely reflecting the impact of the COVID 19 outbreak on food security and livelihoods.
[ 4 17th Jan 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  As of 17 January 2021, a total of 373 COVID 19 cases have been reported among Rohingya/FDMN. With a total of 54 cases, Camp 24 has the highest number of cases to date further ahead from Camp 2W with 37 and Camps 3 and 15 with 27 and 25 cases respectively. To date, 22 cases were reported from Camp 6, 20 from Camp 2E and 16 from Camp 4. Camps 1W, 7 and 13 had 12 cases each. Camps 1E and 5 registered 11 cases each and Camp 10 identified 10 cases while Camps 18, 22 and 26 reported 9 cases. As for Camps 9 and 16, were reported 8 cases. Camp 12 registered to date 7 cases. Camps 8W and 20 Extension identified 6 cases and Camps 11, 19, and Nayapara RC identified 5 cases. The remainder Camps  ( Kutupalong RC, 4 Extension, 8E, 14, 20, 21, 23, 25 and 27 )  had so far less than 5 cases.
[ 1 31st Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  The World Health Organization  ( WHO )  and the Government of Bangladesh reports over 5,600 confirmed cases of COVID 19 in Cox's Bazar since earlier in 2020 when the first case was detected in the district. This includes over 360 cases among refugees living in the 34 camps in Cox's Bazar. So far,10 refugees have sadly died after testing positive for COVID 19.
[ March 30 2021, Bangladesh ] Twenty eight people died in Dhaka Division, six in Chattogram, five in Rajshahi, three in Khulna and one each in Barishal, Mymensingh and Rangpur. So far, 5,081 people died in Dhaka division, 1,628 in Chattogram, 499 in Rajshahi, 577 in Khulna, 273 in Barishal, 317 in Sylhet, 373 in Rangpur and 201 in Mymensingh.
[ 22nd April 2021, Bangladesh ]  The country also logged a total of 736,074 coronavirus cases with 4,014 people testing positive over the same period. The Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  revealed the latest figures on Covid 19 in the country with a press release on Thursday.
[ 6th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Host: Moreover, the proportion of households with pregnant/lactating women  ( PLWs )  reporting PLWs to be enrolled in nutrition feeding programmes remained low  ( 12% ) , as did the proportion of children aged 6 to 59 months reportedly enrolled in nutrition feeding programmes  ( 15% ) . This is likely linked to more limited nutrition programming in host communities compared to camps, but also to low levels of awareness or understanding of nutrition services and their benefits.
[ 23 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  In a 2018 study of midwifery quality care in Bangladesh  ( Bogrin et al. ) , young midwives highlight the challenges and cultural prejudice they face in the workforce due to the “cultural norms that have been shaped by beliefs associated with religion, society, and gender norms' and in turn how this affects quality of care in the country  ( BMC Health Service Research, 2018 ) .
[ 25th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: BGB seized 40000 Yaba pills from two different raids in Teknaf. No one was arrested during the operation.Seven shops were burnt to ashes at Kalarmarchora in Moheshkhali.
[ 6th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Host: School closures possibly also contributed to an exacerbation of protection risks for children, reportedly posing concerns not only related to education but also to children's well being. Child protection issues were reported to have increased since the lockdown, in particular child labour, which was reported to have increased in communities by almost half the households  ( 49% ) .
[ 25th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  On 25 April, 67 patients were found positive out of 435 samples in the lab of Cox's Bazar Medical College.
[ December 2020, Bangladesh ]  In December 2020, a total of 23 incidents of fire reported throughout Bangladesh in which 7 persons killed along with loss of properties. However, NDRCC reported 619 incidents in 8 divisions where Dhaka division faced 211 incidents and Chattogram division faced 87 incidents.
[ 20th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  The government has extended the ongoing nationwide lockdown by another week    until April 28    to bring down the current surge in Covid 19 cases and deaths. The strict restrictions on public movement and gathering imposed last week will remain in force during the extended period, said a gazette notification issued on Tuesday.
[ March 20, 2021, Bangladesh ] : So far, 520,718 patients  ( 91.56 percent )  have recovered, including 1,577 in the last 24 hours, according to DGHS.
[ 20th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  All the educational institutions  ( pre primary, primary, madrasa, secondary, higher secondary, universities )  and coaching centres will remain closed. Unnecessarily roaming and gathering will not be allowed. Going out after 10pm without any emergency need will be prohibited. If an individual goes out in need, s/he will have to maintain all kinds of hygiene rules, including wearing a mask. Legal actions should be taken if the orders are violated.
[ 1 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Conclusion: The COVID 19 pandemic and government responses to it have had devastating and lifechanging detrimental effects on people with disabilities. Disability inclusive approaches to the pandemic must be developed together with people with disabilities to ensure that the rights and fundamental freedoms of all persons with disabilities can be realised without discrimination of any kind on the basis of disability
[ 20th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  Fifty four of the deceased patients were aged above 60, 18 between 51 and 60, 11 between 41 and 50, seven aged between 31 and 40, and one aged between 11 and 20. Since the beginning, 6,179 people have died in Dhaka division, 1,909 in Chittagong, 557 in Rajshahi, 652 in Khulna, 315 in Barisal, 352 in Sylhet, 401 in Rangpur, and 223 in Mymensingh. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far stands at 1.45%.
[ March 20, 2021, Bangladesh ] : Health Minister Maleque said the age limit for getting the vaccine will be revised when more doses will be available in the country.
[ December 2020, Bangladesh ]  The Covid 19 pandemic had affected with high impacts throughout this month in all the 64 districts across Bangladesh. In December, 2020, the number of identified patients with Covid 19 is 48,578 persons among which 76,748 persons recovered and 914 persons died.
[ 26th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  On 26 April, 62 new patients were found positive out of 539 samples in the lab of Coxsbazar Medical College.
[ July  December 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Mental health conditions reported in DHIS2 include medically unexplained somatic complaints  ( 22% ) , Psychosis, including bipolar disorder  ( 17% ) , moderate to severe emotional disorders  ( 14% ) , epilepsy/seizures  ( 10% ) , Intellectual Disability and Developmental Disorders  ( 1% ) , and other mental health conditions  ( 35% ) .
[ 1 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The COVID 19 outbreak has made life worse for many people with disabilities as well as lots of other people.
[ 1 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Executive summary – Easy Read English • We asked 10 people with disabilities in Bangladesh to tell us about their lives during the COVID 19 pandemic. They had different types of disabilities such as intellectual, physical, visual and multiple disabilities. We wanted to ask them as they are not often asked about their lives.
[ 20th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  All kinds of public gatherings  ( social, political, religious and others )  should be restricted. Public assembly is prohibited in high infection areas. Public gatherings on the occasion of any social event, including wedding and birthday parties, should be discouraged. Proper hygiene rules should be ensured in all places of worship, including mosques.
[ 20th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Public gatherings in tourist attractions, cinema hall and theatres have to be made limited as well as fairs and exhibitions of all kinds should be discouraged. Public transports must comply with hygiene rules and cannot carry passengers more than 50% of its seating capacity. Inter district vehicular movement should be restricted to high risk areas of infection and should be kept shut if necessary.
[ 20th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  International travellers entering the country will be required to go through 14 day institutional quarantine at hotels at their own expenses. Arrangements have to be made for the sale and purchase of daily necessities in open space in compliance with hygiene rules. Pharmacies must ensure proper hygiene. Healthcare facilities will have to ensure proper hygiene measures, including wearing face masks all the time. In shopping malls, both buyers and sellers must ensure proper hygiene.
[ 20th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Isolation of a person with the symptoms and infected by Covid 19 must be ensured. Others who come into close contact with the person affected by the disease must be quarantined. All government and non government offices/institutions, except those that provide emergency services, should be run by 50% manpower. Arrangements of working from home should be made for members of the staff who are pregnant, sick and above 55 year old.
[ 23rd March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: DRC is right now mobilizing urgent support to the affected communities but also warns that this disaster can turn out to hit double hard among the already vulnerably population of more than 800,000 refugees and the local population living in and around the camps in the Cox's Bazar district.
[ 1st Jan  31st Dec, 2020, Bangladesh ]  Host Community: With the support from UNICEF, Bangladesh Betar and Community Radio Naf broadcasted 216 magazine programmes and 162 live phone in programmes on COVID 19, health, education, nutrition and menstrual hygiene. UNICEF and partners also facilitated 153 ARLCs with 3,825 adolescents  ( 2,295 girls )  on issues including COVID 19, climate change, child marriage, health and nutrition. Through four IFCs established in host community, a total of 17,434 CFQs were collected, recorded and referred immediately to the local authorities and service providers for resolution
[ 25th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Participants expressed their wishes and shared their needs for the immediate future. They said they want to receive shelter and food support immediately because they need to pray and prepare for Ramadan. They also said they urgently need safe drinking water as well as water for shower and latrine use.
[ November 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: As of 30 November, 356 confirmed cases of COVID 19 had been identified in the Rohingya refugee camps  ( 20 new cases in November )  with 10 deaths, according to the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research  ( IEDCR ) . 5,180 confirmed COVID 19 cases  ( 309 new cases in November )  and 73 deaths of Bangladeshis were reported in Cox's Bazar District, according to the IEDCR.
[ March 20, 2021, Bangladesh ] : The latest figures have pushed the Covid 19 fatalities to 8,668 and the total infections to 568,706, according to a handout by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .
[ December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Screening have been conducted of 14,27,648 persons in airports, railway stations, sea port and land ports. People  ( especially poor and ultra poor )  who are in need of foods, GoB arranged to provide food at their doorsteps by the local administrations  ( Source: DGHS Health Bulletin, December 31, 2020 ) .
[ 20th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  The health authorities said 6,811 people recovered from the disease over the preceding 24 hours. So far, 628,111 patients – 86.31% – have made full recovery across the country.
[ 14th Jan 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The preliminary investigation indicates that the fire had a vast and devastating impact because of the use of flammable materials in the camp and inadequate distance between refugee shelters. Walkways between the shelters are also covered in tarpaulin and bamboo shades that allowed the fire to spread rapidly. Fire safety precautions will be an important consideration in rebuilding the damaged shelters and ensuring the walkways are clear of any flammable materials.
[ 1 31st Dec 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Since the first COVID 19 case was detected in May 2019, the total number of confirmed cases in the Cox's Bazar refugee settlements has reached 366, including 10 deaths. UNHCR continues to manage two COVID 19 treatment facilities and is supporting the running of an Intensive Care Unit ward in the main District Hospital. These facilities serve both the refugee and host communities.
[ 1 31st Dec 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Since 14 May when the first COVID 19 positive case was detected in the camps, some 366 refugees have been confirmed with COVID 19, and 10 have sadly died. So far, some 639 patients from the refugee and host community have received treatment at facilities supported by UNHCR.
[ 27th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Security forces arrested four brokers, four Rohingya children and 26 women from Baharchora, Teknaf while they were attempting to sail to Malaysia. − Two Rohingya young men infiltrated in Bangladesh from Myanmar on 26 April and joined their families in Camp 26, who had arrived in Bangladesh back in 2017. After being tipped off, APBn detained the two newly arrived Rohingya men and brought them to the CiC. The CiC has then sent them to the Transit Point in Kutupalong.
[ 30th July 201, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: The survivor advocates lacked shared language regarding sexual matters, including consensual sexual relations between adult men, sexual abuse within the Rohingya community, and child sexual assault. While training participants recognized sexual violence committed against men and boys in Myanmar as war crimes, they struggled to recognize GBV against women and girls and sexual abuse against boys and young men that is perpetrated within the Rohingya refugee community and in Bangladesh
[ 6th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Host: Roughly a quarter of households  ( 24% )  reported not having made any improvements to their housing in the six months prior to data collection despite having reported issues, largely due to a lack of money to pay for materials and/or labour. Over 40% of households reported having used purchased and/or self collected firewood as a source of cooking fuel in the four weeks prior to data collection, and only 26% reported having used exclusively LPG.
[ 6th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Host: The overall high proportion of households reporting having adopted food based coping strategies in the seven days prior to data collection due to a lack of food  ( 76% )  is further indicative of food shortages and consumption gaps.
[ 21st Jan 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  More recently, in the camp, fire broke out at Nayapara Registered Refugee camp, destroying around 550 shelters where news reports estimated that around 3,500 refugees were staying. Although there were no fatalities, and only a few people with minor injuries, for those living at the site, the disruption to daily life has been huge.
[ 6th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Host: Pre existing barriers to seeking treatment, such as distance to health facilities and a lack of money to seek treatment, may have been compounded by health centres having closed and the number of health staff having been reduced at the start of the lockdown.
[ 6th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Host: Increased levels of need, coupled with reduced levels of income led to an increasing adoption of livelihoods based coping strategies, including crisis level coping mechanisms. As households were less able to rely on previously common coping strategies, such as borrowing money, they increasingly eroded assets and savings and adopted more crisis level mechanisms.
[ 21st Jan 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Prior to this, services in the camps including medical care, and food and water distributions, provided primarily by humanitarian organisations, was reduced by 80 per cent to help reduce movements to counter the spread of COVID 19.
[ 25th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Spurred by the pandemic, inequality between students threatens to grow deeper and wider in 2021. The lack of technology at home and limited connection to the internet, together with economic instability, puts girls, rural students and socio economically disadvantaged children at risk of being left behind.
[ 26th August 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: The community shared that women and girls cannot move during the night because of fear and the absence of community street lights.
[ 24th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Out of the total 527,632 COVID 19 cases registered as of 24 January 2021, 89.5%  ( 472,437 )  recovered, 1.50%  ( 7,906 )  died and 8.96%  ( 47,289 )  were active cases. In the epidemiological week 02, weekly average number of COVID 19 active cases decreased by 0.5%, in comparison to the previous week  ( 47,505 and 47,734 respectively ) ; during the same time, weekly recovery has decreased by 9.1%  ( 5,636 and 6,203 respectively ) .
[ Nov 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: Through IOM's contact tracing activities for COVID 19 surveillance in refugee camps, 27 contacts were successfully traced, monitored and quarantined this past month, reaching a total of 591 contacts traced since the beginning of the response.
[ Nov 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: Site Management teams conducted 9,897 COVID 19 awareness raising sessions, reaching 58,168 individuals through targeted sessions, door to door visits, radio listening sessions and video sessions.
[ 7th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  One year on, Bangladesh has defied forecasts and logic to somehow stay above water. Over 550,000 cases of Covid 19 have been confirmed and nearly 8,500 people have died in the country, but this is far from a bad record for a country with over 160 million people.
[ 24th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to DGHS, as of 24 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 46,398 individuals were placed in quarantine facilities and of them 43,218  ( 93.1% )  have already been released. Over the same period, total of 98,670 individuals were isolated in designated health facilitates and of them 87,930  ( 89.1% )  have been released.
[ 7th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  She also warned that people need to continue following health guidelines to keep the rate low, or they risk starting a second wave. “Some people are behaving recklessly, which is why the positivity rate has gone up slightly again. If people continue to defy health rules, the virus may spread again,' the ADG said.
[ Jan 2021, cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: International donors should ensure funding for the GBV response is prioritised in donor strategies for 2021. The significant funding gaps under the 2020 response   less than one fifth of required funding for GBV programming was reached under the 2020 JRP   should be addressed and funding levels increased to ensure the continuation and expansion of life saving GBV programming.
[ 24th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to DGHS, as of 24 January 2021, there are 10,381 general beds in the country of which 31.3%  ( 3,251 )  in Dhaka city and 598 ICU of which 51.8%  ( 310 )  in Dhaka city dedicated for COVID 19 treatment. Presently 19.1% of the general beds and 35.6% ICU beds are occupied all over the country
[ 24th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  As of 24 January 2021, among the reported cases 25.9% cases were confirmed in people between 30 and 39 years old, 19.2% in the age group of 40 to 49, 17.7% in 20 to 29 years and 16.3% in the age group between 50 and 59 years old, 12.6% in the age group 60 and above and 8.4% in the age group below 20 years. The highest death rate  ( 32.1% )  in the older age group of 70 and above, 31.8% was reported in the age group of 60 to 69 years, 21.0% in 50 to 59 years, and 15.1% in the age group of below 50 years. Male represents 71% and 76% of the total reported confirmed COVID 19 cases and deaths respectively.
[ 24th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  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 19.3%; did not change in Barishal division; while decreased in Sylhet division by 52.1% followed by Khulna – 35.8%, Mymensingh – 28.0%, Chattogram – 25.4%, Dhaka – 19.1% and Rangpur – 3.8% than the last week. In the reported week  ( week 03, 2021 ) , COVID 19 daily average cases  ( 595 )  decreased by 19.6% from the previous week.
[ 24th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Between 8 March 2020 and 24 January 2021, according to the DGHS Press Release <https://corona.gov.bd/press release> there were five hundred thirty one thousand seven hundred ninety nine  ( 531,799 )  COVID 19 confirmed by rRT PCR, GeneXpert and Rapid Antigen tests including eight thousand twenty three  ( 8,023 )  related deaths  ( CFR 1.51% ) . Bangladesh is the top 30th country in the world and accounts for 0.55% of the COVID 19 disease burden of the world.
[ 24th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  In the reported week, in comparison to the previous epidemiological week, the number of new weekly COVID 19 case decreased by 19.5%  ( 4,167 in week 03 and 5,179 in week 02, 2021 )  and the number of COVID 19 new weekly death also decreased by 6.4%  ( 117 and 125 respectively ) ; overall Case Fatality Ratio  ( CFR )  increase to 1.51 which was 1.50 last week.
[ 31st March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  However, COVID19 prevention measures, such wearing masks and physical distancing, are not strictly observed by people including service providers in the camps.
[ 30th July 201, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: However, quality of care for survivors of all genders was reportedly very low and there were no sufficiently equipped referral points identified during the course of the project.
[ 24th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  As of 24 January 2021, 68.8% of reported cases were from Dhaka division  ( 58.1% at Dhaka city ) , 12.4% from Chattogram, Khulna – 4.8%, Rajshahi – 4.7%, Rangpur – 3.0%, Sylhet – 2.9%, Barishal – 2.0% and the lowest 1.5% from Mymensingh division. While, 55.6% of the reported death were from Dhaka division  ( 29.8% at Dhaka city ) , 18.5% from Chattogram, Khulna – 6.8%, Rajshahi – 5.6%, Rangpur – 4.4%, Sylhet – 3.8%, Barishal – 3.0% and the lowest 2.3% from Mymensingh division
[ July  December 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  In order to minimize the transmission of COVID 19 in the FDMN/Rohingya refugee camps, Health Sector partners, in collaboration with WASH, Site Management, and Protection Sector partners, established temperature screenings and hand washing stations at 19 Camp Entry Points. Of these, fifteen are currently operational. People with febrile are identified and referred to nearby health facilities.
[ Nov 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: During the reporting period, Community Health Workers  ( CHWs )  conducted 15,302 household visits and facilitated 226 group sessions and 2,302 community referrals. A total of 260 CHWs, working with four implementing partners, conducted 243,156 door to door visits and 8,873 courtyard meetings to raise awareness about COVID 19. This past month, these CHWs were all trained on interpersonal communication to ensure the e ective engagement of Rohingya refugees and host communities in outreach activities.
[ 21st Jan 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  For Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, living in overcrowded camps for the past three years, with no legal status, was already affecting their mental health. The COVID 19 pandemic added even more restrictions, and stress, to their life. Looking beyond the pandemic, life in the camps shows no signs of improving, with efforts to relocate some refugees to address the overcrowding, adding to the uneasiness
[ 21st Jan 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Rumours of the relocations to Bhasan Char, a mass of sediment which has formed an ‘island' 30 kilometres from the mainland, date back as far as 2015, but turned into reality in December 2020. Prior to that, in May of the same year, around 300 Rohingya refugees who had been rescued at sea were transferred to the island for quarantine as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic. They never left and little is known about the conditions they have faced while detained.
[ 21st Jan 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The mounting impact of many months of this reduced humanitarian support, especially on a community that is increasingly contained, restricted and put in a position where they are dependent on humanitarian assistance, has meant the daily struggle to meet even basic needs has heightened tensions.All these mounting factors have added to the mental health stress faced by Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, make their lives tougher, and this strain has more recently spilled into violence.
[ 23rd March 2021, Cox's Bazaar ]  Fires occur regularly in the refugee camps, including one in January that destroyed hundreds of homes, but not on the scale of Monday's blaze. “It is massive, it is devastating,' UNHCR's Johannes van der Klaauw told a Geneva briefing. “We still have 400 people unaccounted for, maybe somewhere in the rubble.'
[ 19th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  At the same time, 18 people have died across the country from the infection, taking the number of total fatalities to 8,642. The DGHS update said a total of 18,987 samples were collected from suspected Covid 19 patients in the last 24 hours for testing at 219 authorized labs across the country. The overall infection rate in the country stands at 12.98% from 4,368,111 tests that have been conducted so far.
[ Jan 2021, cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: Donors should ensure funding for the GBV response is prioritised in donor strategies and that funding levels are increased for the 2021 Joint Response Plan  ( JRP )  to ensure the expansion of life saving GBV programming. ● International donors should work with the Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs, as well as UN agencies and local and national women's rights organisations, to agree a strategy for the localisation of the Rohingya GBV response.
[ 1st Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  To help prevent the spread of Covid 19, in cooperation with the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism  ( EUCPM )  2,000 N95 masks, 2,000 Personal Protective Equipment  ( PPE ) , 10,000 surgical masks and 4 ventilators were provided to the Bangladesh Ministry of Health with the aim of being distributed in camps
[ 23rd March 2021, Cox's Bazaar ]  At least three of the dead were children and the search for victims continued, said Nizam Uddin Ahmed, the top government official in Ukhiya, a sub region of the Cox's Bazar district where the camp is located. The cause of the fire is not yet known.
[ Jan 2021, cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: According to IRC interviews conducted in July 2020, women and girls report facing higher risks of sexual assault while accessing WASH facilities or other basic needs, e.g. at food distribution points, water collection points, and toilets. Interviewees also reported behaviour which amounts to sexual harassment, known colloquially as “eveteasing', while waiting in line for water or food collection points, and stated that certain paths towards collection points are unsafe for adolescent girls due to the risk of sexual assault by male community members.
[ Jan 2021, cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: Despite the constraints from COVID 19 and reductions in protection staff, IRC screening data continues to show that on average, at least 25 percent of women and girls report they are survivors of GBV. The fact that the average rate of GBV reports did not drop during this time of significantly exacerbated barriers to reporting indicates there was likely a rise in violence against women and girls during the pandemic. The Joint Response Plan Mid Term Review reached similar conclusions, stating that “while formal GBV reports have declined, anecdotal evidence indicates that incidents are on the rise, as is the severity of incidents reported.'  ( J
[ Jan 2021, cox's Bazar ]  Refugee:All actors involved in the response should mitigate the risk for GBV by addressing site management issues, including prioritising gender responsive and gender specific WASH services for women and girls, improving overall levels of lighting, while ensuring that communal spaces are safe and well monitored during periods of more significant COVID 19 mitigation measures, with progress regularly monitored by the UN and sector lead agencies.
[ Jan 2021, cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: International donors should work with implementing agencies, the Government of Bangladesh and UN agencies to agree a strategy for the localisation of the Rohingya GBV response, with realistic timeframes and appropriate multi year funding, employing the expertise of INGOs to support national capacity and handover programming to national NGOs and women led organisations working in their communities, in a way that avoids any gaps in managerial and technical capacity and ensures Interagency Standing Committee  ( IASC )  standards are met.
[ 14th Jan 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Fire is under control now. UNHCR is currently implementing an assessment. Displaced refugees are at the moment sheltered in the schools of the camp and are receiving assistance. Reportedly the fire is attributed to a failing gas cylinder blast. In May last year, another big fire damaged more than 400 tents at the Kutupalang refugee camp in Cox's Bazar. Several minor fire incidents have also been reported at Rohingya refugee camps in the past year.
[ 14th Jan 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  A devastating fire broke out at the early hours of 14 January in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh's southern district of Cox's Bazar, burning down at least 550 shanties, according to the International Organization for Migration  ( IOM ) .Rohingya victims have been shifted to another place and provided with food and other services. Staff and volunteers and camp residents are safe. No casualties have been reported so far.
[ Jan 2021, cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: IRC interviews with Rohingya women and girls also suggested that there has been an overall lack of male engagement in GBV sensitisation programming, likely contributing to the difficulty in confronting high IPV rates. These findings further emphasise the importance of continuing GBV prevention activities even during lockdown, and where necessary modifying interventions to, for example, accommodate social distancing.
[ Jan 2021, cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: Physical assault is the primary type of GBV recorded in the GBVIMS 2020 data, with rates significantly spiking first in April  ( the month following the onset of lockdown, suggesting a rise in reporting as a result of IPV )  and then again in September  ( one month after prevention activities had restarted, suggesting a clear link between availability of services and increased reporting of GBV incidents ) .
[ Jan 2021, cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: The IRC's analysis finds that the majority   94 percent   of recorded GBV incidents in this time period were perpetrated by intimate partners, a significantly higher rate than the 81 percent average indicated in the June Shadow Pandemic report. The primary form of GBV reported by women and girls remained physical assault, with spikes in recorded in GBVIMS data found particularly during April, the first month following lockdown in Cox's Bazar, and September, shortly after GBV prevention activities had restarted, suggesting a clear link between availability of GBV services and the ability of women and girls to report GBV incidents
[ Jan 2021, cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: GBV screening at IRC's health centres in 2020 was either suspended or significantly scaled back due to restrictions on centre based programming, while protection programming was simultaneously deemed “non essential' as part of the Government of Bangladesh's COVID 19 containment strategy. . Additionally, health facility screenings do not necessarily ensure a representative sampling and consequently the data used in this update is not representative of the prevalence of GBV across Cox's Bazar
[ Jan 2021, cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: UN agencies leading the protection working group, and GBV sub working group, as well as the Strategic Executive Group in Dhaka should use all opportunities to advocate to the Government of Bangladesh to ensure centre based GBV prevention and response services are designated as “essential'  ( with necessary social distancing )  to enable survivors of GBV to access services and heal and recover. In addition, all UN sector leads should ensure appropriate protection and GBV mainstreaming to mitigate the risks women and girls face in accessing essential services.
[ Jan 2021, cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: It must also be presumed that not all women and girls who wished to report incidences of GBV were able to do so. Instead, a snapshot of IRC's available screening data is presented in Section I   revealing a continuation in rates of GBV within this limited dataset. In Section II, GBVIMS data is analysed to show GBV trends by type. The data also offers an assessment of how the reduction or suspension of services as a result of COVID 19 mitigation strategies has affected women and girls' access to safe spaces and their ability to report incidents.
[ 20th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Refugee: Conditions in the area are precarious. Two cyclone seasons and a monsoon season every year bring risks of widespread flooding and devastation. Camps are cramped and overcrowded too, making fire an ongoing hazard, particularly during the dry months of December to February. “We have nothing remaining, everything has been destroyed,' says Nosiba as she sits among the ashes of what used to be her home.
[ 20th January 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: Nosiba is one of 22,500 Rohingya refugees who live in the Nayapara Registered Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazar, which is run by UNHCR. She and her family have been living here since the 1990s when one of the first groups of Rohingya fled violence in Myanmar and sought safety in neighbouring Bangladesh. In recent years, they have been joined by another 600,000 Rohingya across 34 refugee camps. Cox's Bazar now hosts the world's biggest refugee settlement, where the World Food Programme  ( WFP )  provides food, nutrition and livelihood training programmes.
[ 26th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The HSC and its equivalent examinations were postponed in October 2019 due to Covid 19 situation. The cabinet earlier this month approved the draft bill for an amendment to the Intermediate and Secondary Education Ordinance 1961 allowing the education boards to publish results without holding examinations during any crisis. The HSC batch of 2020 will be the first batch of students who will get certificates without sitting for the examinations as it is the first time in Bangladesh history that a public examination has been cancelled.
[ March 2021, Bangladesh ] People across Bangladesh have shown remarkable resilience in the face of these recurring and increasingly extreme weather shocks. But in some years, the intensity and long duration of the monsoon rains simply exceeds their ability to cope. By the time the monsoon season ends, many families will have lost valuable livestock, seeds and other assets and exhausted their reserves of food and money.
[ 6th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Both Host and Refugees: With the refugee population being almost double the host community population in the two upazilas, the massive increase in population density following the influx, coupled with the pre existing lack of livelihoods, levels of poverty and vulnerability among the host community population, has led to tensions over labour competition, falling wages and price hikes of daily essentials.
[ 20th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The fire was brought under control in a few hours by the local fire department, volunteers, and refugees, resulting in no deaths or serious injuries. The shelters, made partly of flammable materials, and the inability to distance these, aggravated the scale of the fire. Immediate needs include tarpaulin, food, liquified petroleum gas for cooking/heating, winter clothes, and non food items.
[ April 2021, Cox's Bazar ] Recommendations : Wash and Sanitation: The loss of the fecal sludge management system and the amount of solid waste generated from the distribution of food cartons, continue to be the biggest challenges for the WASH sector. Most of our respondents mentioned the scarcity of drinking water in the makeshift shelters. Considering the weather conditions, this should be mitigated as early as possible to avoid additional health implications. Moreover, there have also been concerns within the affected camp residents regarding the shared latrines.
[ 17 May, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh Situation: Between 8 March 2020 and 16 May 2021, according to the DGHS Press Release there were seven hundred eighty thousand, one hundred fifty nine  ( 780 159 )  COVID 19 cases confirmed by RT PCR, GeneXpert, and Rapid Antigen tests including twelve thousand, one hundred forty nine  ( 12 149 )  related deaths  ( CFR 1.56% ) . Bangladesh is among the top 33 countries and accounts for 0.48% of the COVID 19 cases of the world.
[ 1st Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  1 primary health centre and 2 health posts have also been established by AFAD and the Turkish Red Crescent in the camps, providing refugees with primary health care services. Operated by the Turkish Red Crescent, these health centres began operating in their full capacity in early 2020 and since then have provided primary medical healthcare to nearly 42,000 patients.
[ 17 May, 2021, Bangladesh ]  In the past week  ( epidemiological week 19, 2021 ) , Bangladesh reported 646 new cases, a 42.6% decrease compared to last week; the case per 100 000 population per week is 3.9. The country reported 215 new death, a 39.4% decrease; death per 100 000 per week is 0.1. The weekly new test is 76 822  ( daily average: 10 975 ) , a 41.8% decrease than the week before; tests per 100 000 per week is 45; the weekly average test positivity rate  ( TPR )  is 8.7%, TPR decreased by 1.4% from last week. Overall Case Fatality Ratio  ( CFR )  is 1.56% which was 1.54% last week.
[ 20th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  As many as 27,056 samples, including the pending ones, were tested in the 265 authorized labs    government and private    across the country. The latest figures show an infection rate of 16.85%. The overall infection rate of the country stands at 13.94%. Currently, 18,623 people are in isolation and 52,145 are quarantined.
[ Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  • A third group of 3,242 Rohingya refugees were relocated to Bhasan Char island on 29 and 30 January, bringing the total number of refugees on the island to almost 7,000.
[ 17 May, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Points of Entry  ( PoE )  & Quarantine: In the reported week  ( week 19, 2021 ) , the number of international flights arrived at three international airports has decreased by 15% than the week before  ( 174 and 204 flights, respectively ) , and the number of incoming passengers has decreased by 15%  ( 24 314 and 28 478 persons, respectively ) . In the reported week, 4 064 travellers were sent to Institutional Quarantine, and 20 250 sent for Home quarantine after passenger screening at the Points of Entry.
[ 15th January 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  UN agencies have stepped up efforts to help thousands of Rohingya refugees left without shelter after a devastating fire tore through a crowded refugee camp in south eastern Bangladesh on Thursday. The fire erupted shortly after midnight on Thursday  ( local time )  in the Nayapara refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, gutting about 550 shelters and 150 shops. A community centre is also said to have been destroyed.
[ 15th January 2021,Cox's Bazar ]  About 3,500 Rohingya refugees, including children, lost their homes and belongings in the blaze, in the middle of winter and the coronavirus pandemic, UN agencies said.No lives were lost, and the fire was brought under control in a few hours by firefighters, volunteers and refugees. The Nayapara camp hosts about 22,500 refugees, of whom about 17,800 are women, children and the elderly.
[ 17 May, 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to DGHS, as of 16 May 2021, the country's current institutional quarantine capacity is represented by 629 centres across the 64 districts, receiving 31 991 persons. A total of 61412 individuals were placed in quarantine facilities, and 55 731  ( 91% )  of them have already been released. Over the same period, a total of 128 041 individuals were isolated in designated health facilities, and 110 200  ( 86% )  of them were released.
[ Jan 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The COVID 19 vaccination campaign started in Bangladesh on 27 January. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 5,505 people have tested positive for COVID 19 in Cox's Bazar host communities and 381 in the Rohingya refugee camps.
[ 15th   28th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Host: In the past weeks, an increasing trend in the number of deaths has also been registered across the country. However, this upward trend has not yet been observed in the district nor in the refugee camps. To date, a total of 84 deaths have been reported in the host community, with a case fatality ratio of 1.1%.
[ 17 May, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Essential Health Services: More than 3 million Outpatient  ( OP )  services were provided by the public health facilities in Bangladesh in April 2021. The OP services status in April 2021 has decreased by 31% compared to that of March 2021, lockdown could be the reason for the decline of service utilization. However, when compared to the OP service utilization in April 2020, utilization in April 2021 is three times higher representing a better situation as compared to the last year.
[ Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  The COVID 19 crisis has further affected these already vulnerable host communities with national and regional lockdowns impacting income opportunities, households' purchasing power and threatening food security and nutrition outcomes. Empirical evidence collected in April 2020 showed that after the lockdown, households dependant on wage labour lost 70 to 100 percent of their daily earnings  ( PPRC BIGD, April 2020 )
[ 17 May, 2021, Bangladesh ]  About four hundred thousand inpatient services  ( IP )  were provided by public health facilities in April 2021. In April 2021, IP services decreased by 26% as compared to March 2021, lockdown could be the reason for the decline of IP services. However, the IP service utilization in April 2021 is two times higher than that of April 2020, representing a better situation as compared with the last year.
• [ Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Violent clashes occurred between two Rohingya groups in camp 21 on 10 January. Three Rohingya refugees were killed, 13 severely injured and 30 others injured. WFP suspended activities in camp 21 for one day
[ 17 May, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Case Management and Infection Prevention & Control : According to DGHS, as of 16 May 2021, there are 11 991 general beds dedicated to COVID 19 treatment countrywide, 15.8%  ( 1 855 )  of which are occupied. 43.7% of the dedicated general beds are in Dhaka City. There are 1 171 dedicated ICU beds in the country, of which 31.6%  ( 370 )  are occupied; 73.0% of the dedicated ICU beds are in Dhaka City.
[ Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  • Multiple fires were reported across the camps in January. The worst was on 13 January in the Nayapara Registered Camp and camp 26 in Teknaf sub district; 561 households  ( 3,530 individuals )  lost their shelters and belongings, including 560 Rohingya households and one Bangladeshi household.
[ 19th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Of the new deaths – 11 males and seven females – 13 were from Dhaka, three from Chittagong, and one each from Rangpur and Mymensingh divisions. Sixteen of the victims died at different hospitals while two died at home. So far, 6,532 men  ( 75.58% )  and 2,110 women  ( 24.42% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country.
• [ Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  The first organized relocation of refugees internally in Cox's Bazar took place on 13 January when 300 Rohingya refugees were relocated from Shamlapur  ( camp 23 )  to camp 20 extension
[ 14th January 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  "Today's devastating fire will have robbed many families of what little shelter and dignity left to them. It stands as another ghastly reminder that children stuck in the camps in Cox's Bazar face a bleak future with little freedom of movement, inadequate access to education, poverty, serious protection risks and abuse including child marriage.
[ 1 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Pre existing disability related stigmatisation, discrimination and violence are reported to have increased during the outbreak  ( HI, 2020a; UN, 2020; Goyal et al., 2020; COVID 19 DRM, 2020; Christensen, 2020a, WEI 2020; Christensen, 2020b ) , and people with disabilities' mental health has been severely affected by the enforced isolation of lockdowns and other restrictions  ( COVID 19 DRM, 2020; Sale et al 2020; Goyal et al., 2020 ) .
[ 24th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The three major cities of the country, Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet, saw the highest number of Covid 19 infections last year, and it is no surprise that the numbers are now spiking again in these cities.
[ 6th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Host: Almost all households  ( 93% )  reported diminished/lost source of income as an impact of the COVID 19 outbreak, and 66% reported limited access to food. Roughly a quarter  ( 27% )  reported a loss of or diminished access to education  ( 27% )  and 17% reported a loss of or severely diminished access to basic services.
[ 12th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Ministry of Religious Affairs will issue guidelines on the congregation of Jummah and Taraweeh prayers during Ramadan. In order to implement the orders, the concerned ministry or department may issue supplementary instructions as required.
[ 9 April,2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: Rohingya Community: Damage status:14 LCs are damaged due to rain and Storm surge.
[ 26th August 2021, Cox's Bazar ] In Block F 14 of 1E, community people informed that some families face water logging in their shelter, including various insect presence and expressed concern over their children and older people getting bitten.
[ 26th August 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Both Host and Refugees: The lack of public lighting continued to expose refugees and host community members to protection risks especially GBV. Refugees repeatedly reported the need for maintenance and replacement of solar street lights.
[ 26th Feb, 2021 Bangladesh ]  The Government of Bangladesh continues to relocate Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char despite concerns from the international community regarding humanitarian and protection conditions on the island.
[ 6th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  Tide water damaged the crops, vegetables, prawns, and fish cultivation fields, and affected the limited livelihood options. Moreover, saline water has entered through the embankment breaches into the crop land and fisheries enclosures which might have negative impact on soil fertility, future crop production and freshwater fish cultivation in the longer run.
[ 6th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  Families in many unions are reported still living in waterlogged conditions and the suffering likely to escalate during the upcoming rainy season, which possess serious health related concerns, especially sexual reproductive health related issues for women and adolescent girls like RTI, UTI.
[ February 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Host community participants say increased criminal activity, loss of jobs, ability to access different administrative services, price hikes of different commodities, traffic jams, and the spread of COVID 19 are happening because of the Rohingya community. They said the Rohingya community has affected the labour market as they are willing to work for low wages and/or as day labourers.
[ 6th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  A large number of educational institutes are fully or partially damaged • In severely affected areas these institutes are being used as shelters • Continuity of education and availability of remote services for primary and secondary aged children remains a concern.