nlp-thedeep/humsetbias huggingface dataset:
A quarantine facility in Camp 20 Extension opened during the month, offering 50 shelters for quarantining contacts of confirmed cases. World Concern/ Medair, an IOM Health implementing partner, is providing contact follow up and health check up services to facility through its community health volunteers and attached health post. The health volunteers were supplied with necessary protective and medical equipment, including masks, gloves, and infrared thermometers. A mobile incinerator has been installed for solid waste management at the quarantine facility.
Health facilities were also distributed with PPE including 41200 gloves, 820 gowns, 56650 face masks, 7990 face shields, 8510 respirators, 1107 hand sanitizers, 7010 coveralls, 789 liquid soaps, 54 gumboots, 30 goggles, 48 scrubs and ten usable plastic aprons.
Pregnant women coming to the facilities for regular checkups and medical support during June were provided with psychoeducation and group counselling to  cope with increased stress and anxiety during COVID 19 outbreak. People who are facing difficulties coming to health facilities due to movement restriction or fear of exposure at facilities continued to receive psychosocial support through home visits and remote individualized services.
[ September, Bangladesh ]  Awareness messages were shared with 51,020 households before distributions in line with national guidelines. This included advice for at risk groups and extremely vulnerable individuals  ( the elderly and persons with pre existing health conditions ) . World Vision provided personal protective equipment  ( PPE )  for our 120 distribution staff members, including face masks, gloves, soap and hand sanitizer to protect both staff and refugees.
As part of these awareness raising efforts, Counter Trafficking finalized six audio messaging  ( three in Rohingya and three in Bangla )  to be used in field of conjunction with COVID 19 prevention messaging. Lastly, the CT unit conducted a training session with OXFAM, IOM's implementing partner, on how to safely deliver CT audio messages within the context of COVID 19 pandemic. A total of 13 staff attended the sessions.
During the month, a total of 181990 beneficiaries were supported through community based MHSS activities, including healing ceremonies, sports and play events, art and creative activities, non formal education activities and awareness sessions.
During the last month, IOM begun conducting protection sensitization sessions to build the protection capacity of personnel working at IOM managed quarantine sites and isolation and treatment Centers  ( ITCs ) . Most of the personnel receiving trainings are new to humanitarian operations and protection concepts and the sessions served as important orientation.
To help mitigate spread and impact of COVID 19, IOM CT teams continued collaborating with implementing partners to sensitize specific target audiences on the pandemic, in addition to risks of human trafficking that may entail during the crisis. The sessions also relayed message on potential risks of human trafficking reaching 3145 individuals through door to door visits and small group meetings.
IOM carried out TSA NFI voucher distributions for 1291 households in camp 8W, 13 and 14. The distribution included tarpaulin, muli bamboo, 3mm rope, tie wire, cement, jute bags and padlock with chain. MedAir, IOM's common shelter pipeline partner, completed voucher distributions for additional 500 households in camp 14. Hilfswerk der Evangelischen kirchen schweiz  ( HEKs ) , IOM's common pipeline partner, completed voucher distributions among 1500 households in camp 15.
Shelter team joined the infrastructure unit in completing the construction of ward with capacity  for 20 beds in camp 24 ITC. Four temperature screening points were installed in camps 9, 22, 24 and 25. The " Ambulance Disinfection Centre" in Uttaran, cox's Bazar disinfected a total 85 ambulances.
Shelter teams completed construction of 24 mid term shelters in camp 20 Extension. these shelters are made out of treated borak bamboo and are designed to withstand weather shocks and other damage, to severe beneficiary use in mid term. IOM shelter teams conducted NFI trainings for 20 participants.
Emergency shelter support was provided to 462 households affected by weather events and relocations due to protection issues and other shocks in IOM's Area of responsibility  ( AoR ) . A total of 435 Extremely Vulnerable Individuals  ( EVIs )  were supported through NFI material transportation and shelter updates.
The WASH unit also provided 475 bars of bathing soap to CwC team to help their community engagement and hygiene promotion. Lastly, the IOM WASH unit handed over 6600 bottles of 250ml antiseptic liquid and 13200 bars of soap to camp in charge to be distributed across offices of different authorities and agencies located in 12 camps under IOM's AoR for WASH services.
Community mobilizers and volunteers rolled out new curricula for GBV prevention during COVID 19 , specializing messaging and procedures to fit the current context. IOM reaches 7277 individuals  ( 2151 women, 281 elderly women, 82 women with disability, 1743 men, 356 elderly men, 32 men with disabilities, 1101 girls, 75 girls with disabilities, 1448 boys, and 8 boys with disabilities.
42090 outpatient consultations provided  ( 80% Rohingya and 20% Host community )  .  1085 beneficiaries receive psychological support. 175 facility based delivery. 3206 Ante Natal care  ( ANC )  visits conducted. 503 Post Natal  ( PNC )  visists conducted.
Fifty host community households received COVID 19 NFI packages. A total of 11,000 households that are home to older persons in camps 8E, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. 19, 20, 20 EXT, 24, 25 received the COVID 19 NFI packages through IOM's direct and common pipeline partners.
[ September, Bangladesh ]  Handwashing areas, equipped with an adequate supply of hand wash solution  ( 0.05% chlorine solution or soapy water )  were set up at all six distribution points/outlets. A total of 56 handwashing facilities and 150 litres of sanitizer were provided at all centres. We also introduced fever screening and referral at all project sites.  ( No cases were identified ) . In order to reduce their COVID 19 exposure, we delivered food to 48 households with elderly residents who are at high risk
[ 4th October 2020, Bangladesh ]  The health authorities said 1,587 people recovered from the disease over the preceding 24 hours. So far, 281,656 patients   76.39% of all infected   have made full recovery across the country.
[ September, Bangladesh ]  World Vision operates five nutrition centres in Camps 16, 22, 23, 25 and 27, targeting 12,345 children under age 5, as well as 5,826 adolescent girls, and 3,466 pregnant and lactating women as part of its malnutrition prevention and treatment programme.
[ September, Bangladesh ]  2,265 new people  ( children and their families )  reached through IEC PSS/MHPSS psychosocial support. $13,472,590 amount of cash/vouchers distributed in reporting period  ( in USD$ ) .131,753 new households who received cash disbursements/vouchers.
[ September, Bangladesh ]  Social distancing was promoted in nutrition centers through rolling out a procedure whereby 5,823 mothers were trained how to conduct middle upper arm circumference  ( MUAC )  screening of children for malnutrition. They were equipped with MUAC measuring tapes so they could screen their children at home and only visit the centres as needed.
[ September, Bangladesh ]  A total of 45 World Vision WASH staff and 155 volunteers  ( from the both the Rohingya and host community )  were trained and involved in awareness raising. We targeted Camps 7, 8E, 8W, 13 and 15, while Camp19 was covered by World Vision's partner agency Bangla German Sampretee  ( BGS ) . A total of 54,900 people at household level were reached with COVID 19 messaging, which focused on handwashing, cough etiquette, isolation, social distancing and the importance of wearing masks.
[ September, Bangladesh ]  The WASH Sector established a robust community based awareness raising outreach focused on COVID 19 and WASH related diseases. This involved 115 community based volunteers trained in COVID 19 preparedness, awareness raising and response
[ September, Bangladesh ]  Furthermore, 5,792 IEC materials were distributed within target communities. A total of 12,015 households received handwashing supplies  ( soap, household level handwashing devices ) . World Vision also installed 8,274 handwashing stations at community level and provided 460,870 pieces of soap to 38,406 households. In addition, 11,609 female refugees received menstrual hygiene materials
[ September, Bangladesh ]  EFSP staff rapidly reorganized the programmes in our three MTC by training Rohingya and host community women to produce reusable cloth face masks. This equipped the women with livelihood skills while making masks to protect their own communities. This innovation aligned with the ISCG/Livelihood Working Group's plan for blanket mask coverage in the camps.
[ September, Bangladesh ]  The 55 CCLC re opened in July, providing women from 2,750 households with a safe place to cook while participating in learning sessions on COVID 19 awareness, WASH and other important issues, such as disaster risk reduction. The CCLCs deployed 126 lead mothers who reached 1,391 individuals on COVID 19 prevention and awareness messaging during the closure of the centres.
[ 1 30th Nov 2020, Bangladesh ]  Refugee: Consequently, the number of cases related to child marriage, child labor, violence, exploitation, and psychological distress have all increased in 2020. Adolescents particularly males were often engaged in negative coping mechanisms in the absence of learning, skills or other opportunities.
[ 17th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  In the year since the first death from Covid 19 was confirmed in Bangladesh, over 8,500 lives have been lost to the highly infectious novel coronavirus in the country. The virus has been surging once again in recent times and 11 more people succumbed to Covid 19 on Wednesday.
[ September, Bangladesh ]  648 new children supported with child protection programming  ( e.g. engagement of CP/social workers in coordination and awareness raising ) . 5,487 new individuals who received food assistance.
[ 17th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The government has ramped up awareness campaigns on the need to wear masks and follow health guidelines, while the number of available hospital beds dwindles.
[ September, Bangladesh ]  6,459 food packages provided. 8,661 new households provided family support packages.752 new children reached with targeted age specific health education .
[ September, Bangladesh ]  World Vision continued to provide child protection and case management services, serving as focal lead in Camp 16. More than 1,000 children continue to receive COVID 19 related awareness services and follow up by Home based visits
[ September, Bangladesh ]  Our staff and facilitators continued to provide psychosocial support at our centres and at household level. We also provided case management and referral services to 2,265 refugees in Camps 13, 15 and 19 as needed. Teams were oriented on COVID 19 and equipped with masks and gloves.
[ 30th Nov 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh reported 29 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the country's fatalities to 6,609. The death rate stood at 1.43%, said the Directorate General of Health Services. Also, 1,788 new cases were reported at that time, bringing the total to 462,407. So far, 378,172 patients – 81.78% – including 2,287 new ones in the last 24 hours have recovered.
[ September, Bangladesh ]  During April, May and June, we provided fresh food vouchers to 36,742 households in Camps 1W, 1E, 2W, 3,4, 4E, 5, 8W,14, 15, 16, 21 and 22 as part of the essential life saving assistance, having rapidly resumed by the end of March
[ 7th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Ensure clear and open communication. Inform refugees about the process, the entitlements, and the criteria applied to distributions in the most appropriate way. Ensure that beneficiaries know how to obtain food assistance and livelihood opportunities, where and when the distributions will take place, what they will get, how long it should last, and how to use the items
[ September, Bangladesh ]  In the host community, we distributed 31,918,500 taka  ( USD379,982 )  in unconditional cash to 7,093 community members from May to July; 89,72,000 taka  ( USD100,495 )  in conditional cash was distributed to 2,542 beneficiaries in May.
UNHCR's use of an Interactive Voice Response  ( IVR )  system to disseminate important information to refugees from UNHCR through mobile phones without refugees bearing any communication cost has cumulatively generated 211,336 broadcast calls to refugees, of which 120,585 were answered.
[ September, Bangladesh ]  In addition, 5,191 host community members benefitted from agricultural training and inputs  ( seeds ) ; gardening tools were also distributed to 5,167 beneficiaries. A total of 110 women were trained to produce masks, for which they received 15,000 taka  ( USD180 ) , totalling 1,650,000 taka  ( USD19,643 )
[ September, Bangladesh ]  Training on goat rearing and indigenous chicken raising was conducted for 3,987 host community members, who also received business development plan support. A total of 1,915 people participated in MenCare orientation and groups will graduate next month.
[ Sept 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  During the reporting period, a total of 77,694 individuals were screened, including humanitarian workers, Rohingya and host community members. Among those screened, 42 individuals from five camps had high temperatures and they were referred to health centers.
[ 18th August 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Case Management Update: • Across 13 operational SARI ITCs, there are 641 active and 276 standby beds. • Of the active beds, 51% were occupied  ( as of 16 August 2021 ) ; 77% of admitted cases are mild cases. A slight increase in proportion moderate/severe cases has been observed in the past few weeks.
[ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Among the few Rohingya participating in the labor force, employment has dropped from 64 percent in 2019 to 23 percent, while unemployment has increased sharply from 36 percent to 77 percent. More than half of the working age male camp respondents have not worked since January 2020, suggesting that this trend is driven by pre COVID 19 factors such as the government directive circulated in September 2019  ( post baseline )  banning the use of cash in camps.
[ 4th october, Cox's Bazar ]  The Urban Assessment in Cox's Bazar Sadar during COVID 19 found that the combination of the discriminatory nature of the labor market, differential effect of lockdown induced movement restrictions on women, and cultural factors meant that nearly half of all female headed households in Cox's Bazar Municipality were highly vulnerable, compared to a quarter of male headed households  ( WFP 07/2020
A total of 204622 household sessions were conducted on COVID 19 messaging, reaching 200328 beneficiaries around four time each during the reporting period. A total of 4117 messaging sessions were completed using microphones reaching an estimated 151475 beneficiaries around two time each in reporting period.
[ 4th october, Cox's Bazar ]  Host community households without access to the government safety nets or humanitarian assistance are at extreme risk of slipping into extreme levels of poverty, especially female headed households and those with no male members. As female led households are more economically vulnerable, they are more susceptible to the negative impacts of COVID 19 containment measures or other shocks
[ 4th october, Cox's Bazar ]  The deterioration of social cohesion and insecurity due to the increase levels of hardship brought about by COVID 19 containment measures has likely reduced mobility and feelings of safety for female headed households even further
[ 6 October, Bangladesh ] Although the average household income declined by 20 percent due to Covid 19 fallout, the resumption of economic activities helped bring down the unemployment rate, according to a survey of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics  ( BBS ) .
[ 6 October, Bangladesh ] The survey findings showed that some two thirds  ( 68.39 pc )  of the families went through financial problems from April to July 2020 due to Covid 19 outbreak.
[ 9th October 2020, Bangladesh ]    The country also logged more than 375,000 coronavirus cases with 1,278 people having tested positive over the same period. With the latest figure, the number of all confirmed cases so far jumped to 375,870, according to the daily virus update released on Friday by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .
[ 25th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees:  It is estimated that approximately 50,000 people, of whom over half are children, have been displaced during the recent massive fire in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar. UNICEF and its implementing partners have been responding to the emergency from Day 1 of the fire incident to provide health care.
[ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  About 1 in 3 hosts who report being employed but temporarily absent from work report being daily or weekly wage laborers; and half of them are nonwage own account workers. Both employment types generate earnings based on work done i.e. either on how many hours or days worked for the former, or how many customers or clients were served for self employed workers. This indicates that despite reporting that they had employment during the lockdown, these temporarily absent workers were likely not paid or generating income during this time; and that they were unlikely to receive any back pay
[ 7 October, Bangladesh ] Bangladesh on Wednesday reported the death of 35 more patients from Covid 19 in 24 hours spiking the total fatalities to 5,440.
[ 9th October 2020, Bangladesh ]  The DGHS said 11,506 samples were collected from suspected Covid 19 patients in the last 24 hours. As many as 11,256 samples were tested in the 109 authorized labs   government and private   across the country and 1,278 new patients were confirmed. The latest figures show an infection rate of 11.35%. To date, 2,050,669 tests have been conducted in the country, leading to an overall infection rate of 18.33% so far.
[ 9th October 2020, Bangladesh ]    Of the 17 deceased, including nine men, 12 were from Dhaka division, two from Khulna, and one each from Chittagong, Rangpur, and Mymensingh divisions. All the victims died at different hospitals in the country. So far, 4,222 men  ( 77.09% )  and 1,255 women  ( 22.91% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far, stands at 1.46%.
[ 1th October 2020, Bangladesh ]  Refugee: Coping mechanisms: • Reduced food expenditures • Few people reported to have gone into debt with neighbors • Few people reported to be selling assistance items – however, a reduction in the number of people selling food rations generally reported
[ 9th October 2020, Bangladesh ]  The health authorities said 1,596 people recovered from the disease over the preceding 24 hours. So far, 289,912 patients   77.13% of all infected   have made full recovery across the country.
Community Health Workers  ( CHWs )  of four implementing partners have conducted 200233 door to door visits and 2578 peer discussion sessions, reaching 378235 people with COVID 19 preventive messages.
[ 12th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Rehana Rahman said: “The Covid 19 pandemic has more serious impact on women than it has on men globally. Women, both in the formal sector and informal sector, are facing challenges at workplace as well as home due to increased workload. Due to staying home most of the time, their field of social communication has become smaller, on the other hand, exercise, travel, etc. have decreased. As a result, they are facing two kinds of difficulties   physical and mental.'
During the month, a total of 381 Rohingya households across different camps under IOM's AOR received Liquid Petroleum Gas  ( LPG )  kits comprising a cylinder, stove, regulator and hose. Meanwhile, regular refills were provided to 875 host community and 73,394 Rohingya households. Additionally, IOM has recently initiated support to elderly households through door to door LPG porter assistance. Under this service, 831 elderly beneficiaries were assisted of which 437 were male and 394 were female.
In collaboration with respective line Department Officers, IOM implementing partners conducted eight batches of Entrepreneur Development Trainings  ( EDT )  with members of self help groups in ukhia and Teknaf. A total of 55 female beneficiaries were trained on sanitary napkin production and poultry farming, and 34 beneficiaries learned about vegetable cultivation. The partners also provided skills development training for ten female beneficiaries on screen and block printing in IOM's Training HUb with approval of local administration under the SAFEPlus project.
Camp 20 Extension quarantine facility hosts first family: During the month of June , the quarantine facility in Camp 20 extension received its first family, compromising four individuals who were in quarantine for 14 days. SM teams in camp 20 extension ensured continued support to the family in cooperating with other partners who managed any necessary food, WASH and protection needs. Meanwhile community health workers monitored the family's medical condition on a daily basis.
Meanwhile, in camp 24, partner NGO DSK distributed 3186 menstrual Hygiene Management  ( MHM )  kits to women and girls of reproductive age while NGO partner SHED distributed hygiene top up kits to nine relocated families in Camp 20 Ext.
Manufacturing and distributions of hygiene items in response to COVID 19: in response to an increased demand for hygiene items such as cloth masks, liquid hand sanitizer and face shields, IOM began manufacturing and distributing among affected community such items with support of local partners.
[ 7 October, Bangladesh ] The country saw the recovery of 1,798 former Covid 19 patients in the last 24 hours till Wednesday 8 am which pushed up the number of total recoveries across the country to 2,86,631.
[ 1th October 2020, Bangladesh ]  Food Security & Livelihoods: Host Community: Coping mechanisms: • Reliance on cheaper food, restricting consumption • Reduced expenditures; in some cases, borrowing money
The Food and Agriculture Organization  ( FAO )  and IOM, in partnership with the Department of Agricultural Extension  ( DAE )  distributed agricultural machinery and rice seeds as part of joint emergency response to mitigate the socio economic impact of COVID 19 upon local communities. So far, a total of 7000 farmers have received cloth masks from IOM to protect them from COVID 19 at work.
During May, host community beneficiaries received their first installment of unconditional cash grants to meet their emergency livelihoods needs. Transfer of the second instalment, BDT 6,000 was carried was carried out in June. Through this assistance, about 5,000 beneficiaries will receive a total of 9000 BDT to severe as COVID 19 emergency support.
Over last month IOM distributed 136,254 cloths masks to Government officials, law enforcement agencies, host communities, farmers, and frontline workers.
[ 1st October, Bangladesh ]  Floods came as COVID 19 and climate change worsened poverty and loss of livelihoods. Thousands of villages have been submerged for months. In north Bangladesh, homes and crops have been destroyed four times. Some of the worst floods in decades followed a cyclone that already caused widespread devastation.
[ 7 October, Bangladesh ] Currently, there are 81,080 active cases in the country.
An additional 126, 595 cloth masks were distributed to camps and emergency workers involved in camp activities.
[ 1st October, Bangladesh ]  These floods and water borne diseases that follow in their wake are putting increased pressure on health care systems stretched to the limit and struggling to cope with COVID 19. Red Cross and Red Crescent health teams are supporting the most at risk communities to have access to basic healthcare
[ 1st October, Bangladesh ]  Millions have been living in tarpaulin shelters on road sides and any high ground available, as their homes have been under water for months. At one point more than half of Bangladesh was submerged. The floods have also affected millions of farmers, destroying crops and threatening to push millions of people, already badly impacted by COVID 19, further into poverty and food insecurity.
[ 1st October, Bangladesh ]  Indian Red Cross and Bangladesh Red Crescent volunteers are doing all they can to provide relief in the most difficult circumstances they have ever faced. The volunteers say they have a duty to support people, who are tackling growing hardships caused by the floods, poverty, COVID 19 and the increasing effects of climate change
“Go and see' visits give Rohingya and host community members a firsthand impression of COVID 119 health facilities: A pilot “go and see' visit to SARI Isolation and treatment center in camp 23 was organized by SMD and health teams on 15 and 16 June. The facility constructed by the international al Rescue committee opened the following week on June 22nd to both Rohingya and host communities. A total of 13 small group and maximum of 20 people per group were selected form local religions leaders, community leaders, extremely vulnerable individuals women and girls, elderly person youth, and learning center teachers
Site management teams engage online orientation on safe and dignified burials in preparation of knowledge sharing in preparation of knowledge sharing with the greater community Site management teams attended an online orientation on safe and dignified burials organized by IOM. Teams were briefed on messages and audio, video materials that they will use to train imams and Rohingya committees they will be involved in burials of recently deceased.
Personal protective equipment, consisting of masks and gloves was distributed to the participant committees and persons. During the month, SM teams also conducted orientation with total of 198 committee members and community leaders form camps 8E, 8W, 10,14,15,16,16, 20 30 extension, and 22. After the session committee received hand gloves, masks, and a register book to record safe and dignified burials material inventory, as well as maintaining death register.
On June 9 Site management teams took part in screening form the world health organization on entry point screening. Site management teams are supporting IOM shelter and partners in the distribution of nonfood items COVID  19 package for older person in the camps. The NFI kits include blankets, trapline, floor/ sleeping mat, solar lamp, mosquito net, 3mm rope, and cloth face mask being distributed with the aim of providing greater protection to vulnerable individuals.
Women's Committee members enhance women and girls access to lifesaving information in the camps: Women's Committee members completed a training on messaging around COVID 19 public health and social measures organized by site management and health teams. Following the training, the women's committee members helped in disseminating messages across their respective communities, especially among women, adolescents girls and to risk groups. This out reach is especially important as conservative norms make it harder for women and girls to access lifesaving information as it is commonly expected that they stay in their shelters and only permit conversations with people they director know and trust
[ September 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: Alleged corruption on the part of majhis remained a challenge across the camps, with reports of majhis abusing their power, preventing refugees from accessing legal assistance mechanisms, physically assaulting refugees, taking money to resolve disputes, and advocating for inappropriate resolutions in cases of intimate partner violence. In some camps, Cyclone Preparedness Program  ( CPP )  volunteers were also implicated in inappropriate practices. With the COVID 19 restrictions on access to the camps in place since March, disputes have increasingly been mediated by majhis, community leaders or even organized criminal gangs because of the inconsistent presence of legal actors and authorities in the camps
[ 12 18th oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ] Fifteen out of 19 Points of Entry are functional in different strategic points of entry into the camps. Efforts are ongoing to identify partners
who can support four PoEs with human resources. Between 12 to 18 October 2020, a total of 81 929 individuals have been screened. Six
people were identified as febrile and referred to the nearest facilities.
[ 11th October 2020, Bangladesh ]  The health authorities said 1,495 people recovered from the disease over the preceding 24 hours. So far, 292,860 patients   77.42% of all infected   have made full recovery across the country.
[ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Host and refugee: INCREASED UNEMPLOYMENT: MEN IN HIGH EXPOSURE AREAS AND WOMEN IN LOW EXPOSURE AREAS FACE PARTICULARLY HIGH RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT. The unemployment rate for men doubled on average across both high and low exposure areas. Unemployment rates for women in high exposure areas have not changed significantly, unlike for women in low exposure areas, where unemployment has increased by almost eight times the previous rate  ( Figure 5 ) .
[ 25th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  A number of essential facilities and services have been impacted by the fire including health centres, clinics, hospitals, distribution points, markets, police posts and LCs. Among them are the UNICEF supported 141 LCs, a primary health center, two integrated nutrition facilities  ( INF ) , three multi purpose centres  ( MPC ) , six water supply networks, 750 latrines and 280 bathing spaces that have been destroyed or badly damaged.
[ 1th October 2020, Bangladesh ]  Host Community – WASH: Water sources and quantity: The vast majority of households reported continuing to use improved drinking water sources • 77% of households reported having enough water to meet all domestic needs
[ 5 19th Oct 2020, Camp ]  During the reporting period, a 6 bed maternity ward was opened at the SARI ITC in Camp 20 Extension. Antenatal care, assisted delivery, post natal and basic neonatal care services will be provided to women who have symptoms of or who have tested positive for COVID 19.
[ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Host and refugee: Compared to pre crisis baseline rates, people who worked during the lockdown reported reduced earnings, across all employment types, particularly in low exposure areas. Daily and weekly wage laborers faced much higher losses  ( 49 percent )  in income compared to other workers across all hosts. Monthly salaried wage workers have relatively been more protected in terms of income losses, facing 15 19 percent reductions across high and low exposure hosts.
[ August 2020, Bangladesh ]  Three ITCs with total 124 beds are operational; 27 new suspected cases and 3 confirmed cases were admitted to these ITCs in the month of August  ( 9178 total  47 confirmed )
[ 05 11th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  WHO continues to provide epidemiological data to support operational decision making for the COVID 19 response in Cox's Bazar. As of 11 October 2020, a total of 4609 individuals from the host community in Cox's Bazar district have tested positive for COVID 19: 478 in Chokoria, 367 in Teknaf, 280 in Maheshkhali, 2388 in Sadar, 497 in Ukhiya, 320 in Ramu, 180 in Pekua and 99 in Kutubdia.
[ August 2020, Bangladesh ]  47 victims of trafficking  ( 14 women and 31 men, 1 girl, 1 boy )  from Rohingya and host community were identified and assisted. During the reporting period, one suspected case was found and followed up by RTML and contact tracers in camp 19.
[ 1 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  After a while it was safer to leave home again. This meant some people got their jobs back and they felt happier as they had money to pay for things like food again. Other people were happy because they got used to how things are now and were less scared.
[ 17th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The authorities initially did not disclose details of the first person who died from Covid 19 on March 18, 2020. Without naming the person, they said a 70 year old with diabetes and high blood pressure had died at Kurmitola General Hospital.
[ 17th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Politicians who have died from Covid 19 include lawmaker Israfil Alam, Mahmud us Samad, former minister for Food and Disaster Management Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf, and former MP Mockbul Hossain. Businessman MA Hashem, chairman of Partex Group, died from Covid 19 last December.
[ Dec 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Human trafficking con�nues to be reported, even during COVID 19, with a noteworthy number of Rohingya vic�ms in forced labour situa�ons in Bangladesh
[ 17th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  It has been observed that most of the deceased were aged over 50, and very few were young professionals. About 80% of the total deceased were aged over 50, including 24.74% aged 51 60 and 55.82% aged over 6. Dhaka saw the highest 4,832  ( 56.13% )  deaths followed by Chittagong with 1,586  ( 18.42% ) .
During the reporting period, a total of 4105 Kg of supplies including COVID 19 related items, Cholera kits and IEHK basic kits were distributed to implementing partners in the refugee camps. Additionally, 145 oxygen concentrators were distributed to eight locations in District Upazilas.
[ March 2021, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ]  This inequality is shown to persist in regard to access to internet for learning purposes, where 90% of caregivers in camps reported that their children were unable to access the internet. Access to the internet for learning purposes in the host communities is also relatively limited however, with 56% of caregivers reporting that children had no access.
[ October 2020, Bangladesh ]  A total of 84% and 57% of host community women and men respectively reported containment measures had limited their livelihoods activities, and 62% and 61% of host community women and men reported having completely lost their income.
[ October 2020, Bangladesh ]  In Bangladesh, 92% of women work in the informal sector and have little access to formal safety nets or support from the public or private sector. Women are also less likely to know about government safety nets or claim support and services from the government than men in host communities.
[ October 2020, Bangladesh ]  Most KIIs reported that unemployment and difficulties in accessing livelihoods opportunities were increasing as many humanitarian actors were unable to continue operating and providing jobs to the host community or stipends to Rohingya volunteers.
[ October 2020, Bangladesh ]  Crowded and inadequate WASH and health facilities were reported as barriers impeding the wider population from adhering to the public health messages being disseminated. Some key informants highlighted additional difficulties that persons with disabilities faced as equipment and facilities needed to maintain hygiene prevention measures are not available. Another challenge to maintaining the measures was the limited access to PPE and hygiene items  ( masks, gloves, soap, and hand sanitizer in particular ) .
[ October 2020, Bangladesh ]  One of the most significant changes reported since the COVID 19 outbreak has been the loss of income and livelihood opportunities. Over one third of refugees reported that containment measures have partially or completely stopped their livelihoods activities.This was slightly higher among men than women: 34% of Rohingya women and 43% of Rohingya men reported that they or their family had completely lost their income due to containment measures, while 36% and 39% of Rohingya women and men respectively reported that containment measures limited their income
[ October 2020, Bangladesh ]  Most respondents, regardless of age, gender or legal status, reported that safety had decreased for women, girls, men and boys in both communities. The majority of host community respondents perceived safety risks to be greater for women and girls outside the home  ( 43% ) , while Rohingya respondents have the opposite opinion and believe the risks for women and girls are greater inside the home  ( 42% )  . Perceived risks for men's safety was thought to have increased outside the home  ( 52% ) , regardless of the age, gender, or status of the respondent.
[ October 2020, Bangladesh ]   Disease and kidnapping were the main fears parents had for their children in the Rohingya community. As learning facilities are closed, children are no longer occupied and are more likely to be outside, and therefore increasingly exposed to risks such as kidnapping and human trafficking. For the host communities, kidnapping was also the main concern for both boys and girls, while early, forced and child marriage was the second concern for girls and drug use among boys
[ October 2020, Bangladesh ]  Children and adolescents are likely experiencing negative impacts on their mental health from the loss of education and play. Key informants, especially Rohingya women, were worried about the mental state of children who can no longer go to school and must stay at home all day
[ 21st October 2020, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ]  For Rohingya refugees, COVID 19 containment measures, particular the reduction in livelihood opportunities and increase in insecurity, reduced the viability of existing negative coping mechanisms, pushing households towards extreme coping mechanisms
[ October 2020, Bangladesh ]   Difficulty accessing WASH services has increased among Rohingya refugees. Difficulty accessing adequate amounts of water required to maintain personal hygiene was due to lack of water storage systems and containers, the distance to water sources, wait times at water points and delays in WASH services.
[ 14th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  The health authorities in Bangladesh on Monday reported 1,799 new Covid  19 cases in 24 hours, pushing the country's total tally 492,332. Besides, 37 more people died from the disease during the period, raising the death toll to 7,089. The mortality rate was recordrd 1.44 percent, said the Directorate General of Health Services.
[ 1st Jan  31st Dec, 2020, Bangladesh ]  1,060,000 children in need of humanitarian assistance
[ 1th October 2020, Bangladesh ]  Refugee – Water, Sanitation & Hygiene  ( WASH ) : Water sources and quantity: The vast majority of households reported continuing to use improved drinking water sources • 88% of households reported having enough water to meet all domestic needs
[ 1th October 2020, Bangladesh ]  Food Security & Livelihoods: Host Community: Day laborers – however, regaining income may be more difficult for those who were previously employed and subsequently fired • Families without men/relying solely on women's income
[ 1th October 2020, Bangladesh ]  Refugee – Water, Sanitation & Hygiene  ( WASH ) : 98% of households reported having increased handwashing practices since the COVID 19 outbreak  ( 16% of respondents were able to mention three critical times to wash hands 16% of respondents were able to mention three critical times to wash hands . 27% of households reported often or always finding visible waste in the vicinity of their house.
[ 21st October 2020, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ]  860, 243 Rohingay people who have been living with uncertainty, and depended on fully funding supports, have might be fallen in risks because the pandemic shock can influence global recession, and reduce funding flows and change the strategic priorities
[ 12th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Rohingya Community Deterioration of overall health status, safety, access to education and increase in economic vulnerability
[ 18th October 2020, Bangladesh ]   Bangladesh's recovery rate is steadily increasing with 1,674 new recoveries. So far, 303,972 patients have recovered with a recovery rate of 78.23 percent, the health authorities said. Of the total victims, 4,357 are men and 1,303 are women. Among the latest victims, 13 are above 50 years of age and one other is aged between 31 and 40 years.
[ 16th October 2020, Bangladesh ]  The fatality rate in Bangladesh is 1.46 percent, the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  said. So far, 2,140,129 samples have been tested and 18.04 percent of them have turned out to be positive.  Currently, there are 79,725 active cases in the country.
[ 16th October 2020, Bangladesh ]  So far, 2,875 people have died in Dhaka division, 1,129 in Chattogram, 360 in Rajshahi, 454 in Khulna, 193 in Barishal, 239 in Sylhet, 255 in Rangpur and 118 in Mymensingh. Across the country, 12,259 people are now in isolation and 39,995 in quarantine.
[ 23rd Oct 2020, Bangladesh ]  So far, 2,963 people have died in Dhaka division, 1,150 in Chattogram, 369 in Rajshahi, 462 in Khulna, 197 in Barishal, 241 in Sylhet, 260 in Rangpur and 119 in Mymensingh.
[ 2nd Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  The number of deaths rose to 7,599 since the first cases were reported in the country on March 8.Bangladesh has witnessed deaths of 23 more people from Covid 19 and 684 new infections in 24 hours until Saturday.
[ September 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  All Learning Centers remained closed due to the COVID 19 pandemic; the Education Sector advocates for their safe reopening in order to ensure sustained education gains for Rohingya children and youth.
[ September 2020, Bangladesh ]  Alongside development actors, UNHCR is addressing drivers of tension between host and refugee communities, exacerbated due to COVID 19, through enhanced inter community engagement and effective and targeted support to host communities in the areas of livelihoods, education, and meeting the basic needs of vulnerable families. In several camps, relations between refugees and host communities have deteriorated in the first half of 2020, and UNHCR continues to monitor hostile behavior against refugees.
[ September 2020, Bangladesh ] In recent months the security environment in the camps has deteriorated considerably, with criminal gangs vying for power in both Teknaf and Ukhiya resulting in a marked increase in protection incidents and serious crimes such as robbery, intimidation, drug trafficking, arbitrary killing and arrest, murder, and abduction. Both refugees and members of host communities have expressed fear that this could lead to larger scale violence in the camps and the surrounding areas, and UNHCR is closely monitoring these developments together with the authorities.
[ 19 25th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  During the reporting period, 25 new COVID 19 cases were confirmed in the Rohingya refugee camps. The number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 in the Rohingya camps of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh remains lower than initially estimated.
[ October 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  In Camp 12, the SMS contact tracing team supported the community health worker supervisor in tracing five contacts of a COVID 19 positive patient who was isolated at the SARI ITC FHMTI in Camp 5. The RIRT was activated in Camp 25 and the SM team reminded affected families to follow the required IPC measures.
[ 21st December 2020, Bangladesh ]  On June 16, flight operations on international routes from Bangladesh resumed after over two months of suspension.
[ 22nd Oct 2020, Cox Bazar ] IOM continues to expand health services in the camps and to host community members who are disproportionately vulnerable to the effects of COVID 19 in camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. The Organization also engages in disaster risk reduction initiatives and provides protection, mental health and psychosocial services, shelter, non food items, water sanitation and hygiene support.
[ 4th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  As of 03 January 2021, test per case is 6.32 which indicates the number of tests required to identify 1 case.
[ 26th OCt 2020, Bangladesh ]  So far, 3,005 people have died in Dhaka division, 1,157 in Chattogram, 370 in Rajshahi, 464 in Khulna, 198 in Barishal, 242 in Sylhet, 261 in Rangpur and 121 in Mymensingh.
[ 26th November 2020, Chittagong ]  Chittagong has been witnessing a rise in the number of coronavirus infections for the last few weeks. According to data provided by the Chittagong Civil Surgeon's Office, Chittagong has so far logged a total of 24,382 Covid 19 cases. Of them, 18,286 patients hail from the metropolitan area while the remaining 6,096 patients are from different upazilas of the district.
[ 7th October 2020 ]  Bangladesh continues to face a multitude of challenges in addressing COVID 19 post Amphan, including a very dense population and limited health infrastructure. To date, it has recorded almost 275,000 confirmed cases and more than 3,600 deaths
[ 1st  7th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  As of this week  ( week 05 )  • Median age of tested and confirmed cases is 10  ( 0 120 )  & 19  ( 0 90 )  years • Female among tested and confirmed cases is 55% and 53% • All 34/34 camps have confirmed cases  ( C24 54, C2W 38, C3 28, C15 26, C6 23 ) .A total of 10 deaths from COVID 19 with the case fatality rate 2.6% • The incidence is 45.0 per 100,000 people with the growth rate 0.2% • The overall positivity of all samples tested was 1.4%
[ 26th November 2020, Chittagong ]  As of November 26, as many as 318 people have succumbed to the deadly viral infection. So far, 21,083 people have recovered from the disease. Of them, 3,477 recovered while undergoing treatment at different hospitals and 17,606 recovered in home isolation.
[ 1st  7th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  As of week 05  ( 1 – 7 Feb 2021 )  there are 387 confirmed cases of COVID19  ( SARS CoV 2 ) , 28 065 samples were tested. This week  ( week 05 ) , 6 new confirmed cases detected, 952 samples were tested, test positivity was 0.6%.
[ 21st October 2020, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ]  1.3 million People were with food insecurity in 2019 out of 2.7 million total population including Rohingay Refugee in Cox's Bazar. The pandemic has affected all types of livelihoods productions and market value chains, and anticipated to increase the number of vulnerable population.
[ July 2020, Cox's BAzar ]  HOST EMPLOYMENT RELATIVE TO THE CBPS BASELINE, RATES OF TEMPORARY ABSENCE FOR WORK INCREASED FROM 3% TO 56%, WITH THE MAJORITY OF THESE ABSENCES BEING RECORDED AFTER COVID, AND TWO THIRDS OF EMPLOYED WORKERS REPORTED REDUCED EARNINGS.
[ October 2020, Bangladesh ]  Lack of access to education for children is a concern for both the Rohingya and the host community. Rohingya refugees and host communities face overwhelming difficulty accessing sufficient food, particularly single mothers, households headed by persons with disability, pregnant and lactating women, elderly persons, and children. The economic consequences of the pandemic have been one of the biggest impacts on both communities. y Women, who are mostly engaged in the informal economy, and vulnerable groups dependent on daily work, such as persons with disabilities, transgender persons, and sex workers, have been hit the hardest.
[ July August 2020, Bangladesh ]  Rohingya Refugees: PRIORITY NEEDS : • The most commonly reported needs included shelter materials and access to food, followed by access to income generating activities. In particular, shelter materials and access to income generating activities were more frequently reported compared to 2019. • Female respondents in particular also frequently reported access to safe and functional latrines and electricity
[ July August 2020, Bangladesh ]  Rohingya Refugees: At the same time, the global COVID 19 pandemic and associated control measures have severely restricted access and service delivery to the highly aid dependent refugee communities since March 2020, likely exacerbating levels of need. An understanding of how household level needs and access to services have been impacted throughout the lockdown period2 will therefore be essential for 2021 response planning.
[ July August 2020, Bangladesh ]  Rohingya Refugees: For the largely aid dependent refugee communities, food consumption scores worsened considerably compared to 2019, with the proportion of households with acceptable food consumption scores decreasing from 54% to 35% and the proportion of households with poor food consumption scores increasing from 5% to 15%. • Two thirds of households reported having reduced food expenditures since the COVID 19 outbreak.
[ July August 2020, Bangladesh ]  Rohingya Refugees: While only 3% of households reported sickness as an impact of the COVID 19 outbreak, findings show a reduction in health seeking behaviour. Households also increasingly reported seeking lower quality/cheaper treatment compared to 2019.