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[ 28th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh started administering Pfizer BioNTech COVID 19 vaccine on 21 June 2021. • The Government resumed nationwide COVID 19 vaccination programme with Sinopharm vaccine on 19 June 2021 after 2 months of halting the initiative.
[ 12th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  As the Serum Institute could not be able to provide the doses of vaccine they promised, a good number of people have to wait for their second jabs, according to the health minister. In the meantime, the DGHS was forced to suspend administering the first dose on April 26. Bangladesh received 7 million of Oxford AstraZeneca Covid 19 vaccine doses through its contract. Besides, India gave Bangladesh 3.3 million vaccines as a gift.
[ 5 May, 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  SITUATION OVERVIEW: Since March 22, IOM has been responding to the massive fire that broke out in three IOM managed camps  ( 9, 8W, 8E )  in the Kutupalong area in Cox's Bazar. According to the Rapid Joint Needs Assessment, the disaster affected 48,267 individuals, including 24,809 women and girls
[ 26th April   2nd May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  A total of 4,228 cases of diarrhoeal diseases reported in EWARS in week 17. ▪ Among which 2,978 cases  ( 3.9% )  reported as acute watery diarrhoea  ( AWD ) , remaining 947  ( 1.2% )  and 303  ( 0.4% )  cases as other and bloody diarrhea, respectively.
[ March 21, 2021, Bangladesh ] :Health authorities have so far tested 4,409,119 samples, including 21,108 in the past 24 hours.
[ 29th July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Both Host and Refugees: Thousands of Rohingya refugees and Host Community people  ( including persons with disabilities and older people )  were severely affected by massive floods caused due to continuous, heavy rainfall since 26th July 2021 in Cox's Bazar specially Ukhiya and Teknaf.
[ March 19,2021, Bangladesh ] : The daily infection rate jumped to 10.45 percent from Wednesday's 7.68 percent. Both the infection rate and the number of daily cases –2,187– are the highest in the current year.
[ 10th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  The survey shows that in pre pandemic times, a greater proportion of secondary school going children were out of school  ( 21% )  than primary  ( 14% ) . More children were out of school in urban slums than in rural areas at both primary and secondary levels.
[ 15 31 March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: On 22 March 2021 afternoon a massive fire spread through camps 8E, 8W and 9 in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, resulting in eleven deaths confirmed by government authorities and a significant number of injuries reported.
[ 28th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Participants in most FGDs  ( 82% of male FGDs and 87% of female FGDs )  requested more choice and more diversity in 2021. They said being able to choose the type and quantity of the food they receive each month will help prevent them from running out of assistance and will increase levels of satisfaction and dignity.
[ March 21, 2021, Bangladesh ] :Vaccination drive in Bangladesh. Bangladesh started its countrywide Covid 19 vaccination drive on February 7.By Saturday, 4,760,747 people received the first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. The second dose has to be taken between 8 and 12 weeks of the first one.
[ 17th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  The search for alternative sources of vaccines has gained further importance as the health authorities recently received confirmation from GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, via email that the supply of 20 million doses of the vaccine through the Covax program could arrive in the first week of May instead of April. Delivery of the vaccine is also dependent on India lifting its export ban. Dr Robed Amin said: “Discussions on Bangladesh getting 10.9 million doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid 19 vaccine under the Covax program by May 2021 are ongoing. If we get those vaccines, the crisis will be averted.
[ 1st Jan  31st Dec, 2020, Bangladesh ]  Twenty schools identified as in critical need of WASH infrastructure were equipped with accessible and gendersegregated latrines, handwashing facilities, drinking water and hygiene promotion. This will benefit 12,642 students  ( 6,422 girls, 47 female teachers, 180 children with disabilities )  once schools reopen. UNICEF also provided improved WASH facilities in two health care facilities in Moheskhali and Pekua which will benefit a catchment population of 49,963  ( 24,542 females, 750 people with disabilities )
[ 10th May 2021, Bangladesh ] This risk of learning loss is more pronounced for urban secondary school going children   26% for females and 30% for males   and poorer groups, with secondary school going males from extremely poor families being at the highest risk of 33%   possibly as a result of the Covid 19 induced economic shock, the study noted.
Gender based Violence  ( GBV )  : • Expand COVID 19 adapted GBV prevention and response services. • Implement innovative solutions to transform social norms and build capacity of law enforcement, health and social providers on survivor centered responses to violence.
[ 12 April 2021, Bangladesh ] Till Monday evening, 7,058,999 registered for the Covid 19 vaccine. While, 5,649,563 got the first dose and 522,596 got the second dose.On March 8, the health authorities in Bangladesh reported the first three cases of Covid 19, a severe acute respiratory illness caused by a new coronavirus strain which was later named Sars CoV 2.
[ 10th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  From June 2020 to March 2021, out of pocket expenditure for education increased twelve fold. The crisis has increased the opportunity cost of investing in education. At least 8% of school going boys and 3% of school going girls are engaged in some form of income earning activity, the study added.
[ 29th July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Both Host and Refugees: As per the initial assessment of HI, at least 10 refugee's camps located near the hill's slope of Ukhiya and Teknaf as well as many villages of various Union are flooded. Many shelters, roads, facilities, etc. are submerged or flooded. Along with the flood, a number of landslides and damage to infrastructure have also been reported among both in Camps and host communities.
[ 10th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  Classes on government owned TV channel were viewed by only around 2%. At the same time, 51% in primary and 61% in secondary went to coaching or private tuition, which has been the dominant coping mechanism. More than 95% of guardians are eager to send their children back to the classroom once schools reopen. The economic costs of education post pandemic have been significant.
[ 7th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Between 8 March and 06 December 2020, according to the DGHS Press Release there were four hundred seventy seven thousand five hundred forty five  ( 477,545 )  COVID 19 confirmed by rRT PCR, including six thousand six hundred forty four  ( 6,838 )  related deaths  ( CFR 1.43% ) . Bangladesh is the top 26 th country in the world and accounts for 0.75% of the COVID 19 disease burden in the world.
[ 29th July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Both Host and Refugees:  28% of refugee respondents share that they feel unsafe due to emergency situation. • Person with disabilities have higher rate of feeling unsafe in the camps as compared to persons without disabilities. 56  ( 35 with disabilities and 21 people without disabilities )  Rohingya respondents and 4 host respondents without disabilities were reported to feel unsafe in the camp or within their community.
[ 10th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  “Amidst the uncertainty, we are recommending an early reopening to prevent learning and motivation loss and allay parental fears around education,' said Dr. Rahman He recommended that existing primary and secondary stipend programs be used to redress the out of pocket education cost burdens. Using the established database, the government can quickly provide a cash boost by allocating Tk2,960 crore in the 2021 22 budget.
[ 9th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  UN Women Bangladesh Country Representative Shoko Ishikawa stated: “Even without data, child marriage has been a problem. Migrants are seeing stress in loss of income. Social safety nets need to look into how to support these migrant families such as creating more jobs, finding the right kind of skills training.'
[ 29th July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Both Host and Refugees: 40.5% respondent reported difficulties with daily activities, where 24.1% of them were persons with disabilities and 16.4% of them were persons without disabilities. 39.1% of them were refugees and 1.4% from Host community.
[ 29th July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Both Host and Refugees: People from Camp 6, 21, 1E, 1W, 24 have the highest requirement of basic needs including food, NFI, dignity kits, hygiene materials, and shelter. • Host Communities have very high needs of hygiene materials.
[ 7th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  As of 06 December 2020, among the reported cases 26.6% cases were confirmed in people between 31 and 40 years old, 19.6%   in the age group of 21 to 30, 19.2%   41 to 50 years and 15.9% in the age group between 51 and 60 years old. The highest death rate  ( 31.5% )  was reported in the age group of 61 to 70 years old, 30.0% in the older age group of 71 and above and 22.1% in the age group between 51 and 60 years. Male represented 72% and 76% of the of total reported confirmed COVID 19 cases and deaths respectively.
[ 29th July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Both Host and Refugees: Environment in the refugee camps is severely damaged by the flood which reduces people's accessibility in the communities, further limiting their access to essential services. The heavy rainfall also damaged the existing accessibility and the work carried out by HI previously in both refugee camps and host community.
[ 29th July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Rapid assessment tools should include information related to persons with disabilities and older people including their basic and specific needs related to their difficulties. • Ensure meaningful participation of persons with disabilities and older people in the process of Emergency Preparedness Plan to ensure the barriers they face will be taking into consideration.
[ 29th July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  To promote inclusive IEC material and ensure rigorous communication with persons with disabilities and older people so they are well informed of the existing and upcoming services, disaster risk reduction plans, evacuation plans, location of the service providing centres and processes to access the services. • Emergency preparedness plans should be inclusive and prioritize persons with disabilities, older persons, children and pregnant women.
[ 23rd March 2021, Bangladesh ]  COVID 19 has intensified the needs of vulnerable groups, including informal and returning overseas migrant workers. The pandemic related economic effects threaten to undermine years of steady progress in poverty reduction in Bangladesh.
Isolation areas have been set up for managing COVID 19 cases in selected health facilities. Triage and referral systems have been updated in all health facilities to segregate suspected cases reduce the risk of transmission and improve health service delivery.
[ 26th July   1st August 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Rapid Investigation and Response Teams  ( RIRT )  investigated a total of 91% of 2,475 COVID 19 confirmed cases among FDMN/Rohingya refugees. Contact Tracing Supervisors conducted contact tracing for 5,041 contacts registered in Go. Data. Out of these, 2,929  ( 58% )  contacts have completed their quarantine period and 227 household contacts were tested positive within the incubation period.
[ 25th Dec 2020,Bangladesh ]  A total of 656,356 people have so far received healthcare services from telemedicine. The DGHS said 23,242,908 people received healthcare services from hotline mobile numbers and health web portals as the government formed a group of medical professionals to provide emergency healthcare services. To receive information and treatment facilities on Covid 19, the contact hotline and mobile numbers are 16263; 333 and 10655.
[ 23 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Despite the deeply ingrained gender norms that limit the participation of women and girls across all spheres, it is important to note that in the urban areas of Bangladesh, a lot of women in Dhaka and other cities with large populations are working in many sectors including alongside men. Women exceed 50 per cent of the agricultural labour force  ( FAO, 2016 ) . Young women are the leading labour force in the country's garment industry, and in the health sector, nursing and midwifery roles are largely performed by women, with midwifery dominated by a recent cadre of women under the age of 25 years. It is important to note that working women too are adversely affected by prevailing gender norms.
[ 15 21 March 2021, Cox's Bazar Bangladesh ]  Total 425  ( out of 436 )  confirmed cases were investigated by Rapid Investigation and Response Team  ( RIRT ) . Contact tracing has been done accordingly by CT supervisors with 1,715 contacts registered in Go. Data. Out of those, 1,467  ( 86% )  contacts have been completed the follow up.
[ 20th Dec 2020 Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves crossed the 41 billion US dollar in October amid a slump in import bills due to the Covid 19 pandemic that made businesses also sluggish in Bangladesh.
[ 27 March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Amid rapid surge in Covid 19 cases in Bangladesh, 39 new deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours until Saturday, the highest single day death toll in the past 3 months.
[ 14th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Between 8 March and 13 December 2020, according to the DGHS Press Release, there were four hundred ninety thousand five hundred thirty three  ( 490,533 )  COVID 19 confirmed by rRT PCR, GeneXpert and Antigen tests including seven thousand forty five  ( 7,045 )  related deaths  ( CFR 1.44% ) . Bangladesh is the top 26th country in the world and accounts for 0.7% of the COVID 19 disease burden in the world.
[ 5th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Health Minister Zahid Maleque inaugurated the antigen testing through a videoconference with 10 districts in the morning. The 10 districts are Gaibandha, Munshiganj, Panchagarh, Madaripur, Brahmanbaria, Jashore, Meherpur, Sylhet, Joypurhat and Patuakhali districts.Already, three doctors have been given training to start the test and about 500 test kits arrived in the country on Thursday, he said.
[ 27th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has reported 1,049 new Covid 19 cases, taking the caseload so far to 509,148. The death toll climbed to 7,452 after 24 fatalities were recorded in the 24 hours to Sunday morning, the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  said in its daily bulletin. Another 1,473 patients recovered from Covid 19 through treatment at home and in hospital care during the same time, bringing the total recovery count to 451,961.
[ 23   29th Nov 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Since mid October 2020, JAT investigation started to be rolled out and so far 19 assessments were done for Cholera RDT positive cases including three in the reported week  ( Week 49 ) . In total, three cases were confirmed for Cholera, one from Ukhiya host community, one from Teknaf host community and one from Camp 16 in the refugee camps. Two  ( 2 )  results are still pending, and others tested negative for culture. Twenty  ( out of 23 )  sentinel sites for cholera surveillance are functional including two UHCs and one DTC  ( located at Leda near camp 24 )  in Ukhiya and Teknaf testing over 200 samples on a random basis in a month. WHO is supporting with RDT kits to the testing sites.
[ 23   29th Nov 2020, Cox's Bazar ]   Three new sample collection sites, out of 25, are functional for sample collection of suspected COVID 19 cases and followed up for digital data entry using Kobo platform. A slight decrease in the number of tests conducted among Rohingya was observed in week 49  ( from 1477 to 1230 )  but an increase was observed in the host community population  ( from 1509 to 1553 ) .
[ 23   29th Nov 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 29 November 2020, a total of 5180 individuals from the host community in Cox's Bazar district have tested positive for COVID 19: 520 in Chokoria, 104 in Kutubdia, 329 in Maheshkhali, 209 in Pekua, 346 in Ramu, 2 707 in Sadar, 429 in Teknaf and 548 in Ukhiya.
[ 23   29th Nov 2020, Camp, Cox's Bazar ]  Three new sample collection sites out of existing 25, are now functional for suspected COVID 19 sample collection and follow up for digital data entry using Kobo platform. An increase in the number of tests conducted among the Rohingya was observed in week 48  ( from 1042 to 1477 tests per one million population )  as well as in the host community population  ( from 1405 to 1509 tests per one million population ) .
[ 14th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  In the epidemiological week 50, number of new cases in Bangladesh is 12,988; case per 100,000 population per week is 8.9. New death is 207; death per 100,000 per week is 0.12. Weekly new test is 106,461; tests per 100,000 per week is 62.5; weekly test positivity is 12.2.
[ 14th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  In the reported week  ( epidemiological week 50 ) , in comparison to the previous epidemiological week, the number of new weekly COVID 19 cases decreased by 14.2%  ( 12,988 in week 50 and 15,138 in the previous week )  while the number of COVID 19 new weekly deaths decreased by 9.6%  ( 207 and 229 respectively ) ; overall Case Fatality Ratio  ( CFR )  increase to 1.44 which was static at 1.43 for last three weeks.
[ 14th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  As of 13 December 2020, among the reported cases 26.4% cases were confirmed in people between 31 and 40 years old, 19.5%   in the age group of 21 to 30, 19.3%   41 to 50 years and 16.0% in the age group between 51 and 60 years old. The highest death rate  ( 31.6% )  was reported in the age group of 61 to 70 years old, 30.1% in the older age group of 71 and above and 22.0% in the age group between 51 and 60 years. Male represented 71% and 76% of the of total reported confirmed COVID 19 cases and deaths respectively.
[ November 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Logistics Sector  ( LS )  stored 6,039 m3 of relief items for 20 organisations across five warehouses in Madhuchara, Balukhali, Unchiprang, Teknaf and the COVID 19 Special Hub in Cox's Bazar. • In partnership with Humanity & Inclusion Atlas Logistique, LS transported 6,817 m3 of relief items for 19 organisations using 704 trucks.In partnership with Humanity & Inclusion Atlas Logistique, LS transported 6,817 m3 of relief items for 19 organisations using 704 trucks
[ 14th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  As of 13 December 2020, 68.5% of reported cases were from Dhaka division, 12.2% from Chattogram, Khulna – 5.0%, Rajshahi – 4.8%, Sylhet – 3.0%, Rangpur – 2.9%, Barishal – 2.1% and the lowest 1.5% from Mymensingh division.
[ 14th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  While, 54.3% of the reported death were from Dhaka division, 18.7% from Chattogram, Khulna – 7.2%, Rajshahi – 5.8%, Sylhet – 4.5%, Rangpur – 3.9%, Barishal – 3.3% and the lowest 2.2% from Mymensingh division.
[ 13th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  From earmarking and increasing the number of dedicated hospitals and beds for Covid 19 patients to setting up 120 corona test centres and making oxygen available at 59 hospitals, the government has done everything in a short period of time to tackle the health emergency, the Minister said. Besides, the government has taken steps to make telemedicine services available to 25,000,000 people of the country, he said. “As a result, both the mortality and the infection rates have come down. And thanks to the relentless work by the health authorities to bring Covid 19 under control, the garment factories in the country are now back to business."
[ 14th December 2020, 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 ) . During the last week cases increased in Khulna division by 24.6%, followed by Sylhet – 13.8%; while cases reduced in Rajshahi division by 21.9% followed by Mymensingh – 19.2%, Dhaka – 15.1%, Chattogram – 15.0%, Rangpur – 13.0% and Barishal – 9.0% than last week.
[ 13th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  The minister also laid emphasis on increasing the health budget as well as manpower, saying: "There has been no visible improvement in the primary healthcare services in the district towns due to the shortage of skilled manpower." Health Services Division Secretary Abdul Mannan, who was present at the seminar as a special guest, said: “At 610 government hospitals across the country, 90,000 physicians are working tirelessly. However, more physicians will be recruited, if needed. Already 49 projects are currently on for the development of the health sector."
[ 13th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Amid the global concern over the second wave of Covid  19 infections, the health authorities in Bangladesh on Saturday reported 34 more deaths in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 7,020. Besides, 1,329 new cases were reported during the period, pushing the country's total tally to 489,178.
[ 14th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  As on 13 December 2020, overall attack rate  ( AR )  in Bangladesh is 288 per 100,000 population and 100%  ( 64/64 )  of districts with the estimated total population of 170,306,468 have reported confirmed COVID 19 cases. In the reported week  ( week 50 ) , COVID 19 weekly average AR  ( 288/100,000 )  increased by 2.7% from the previous week.
[ 14th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Out of the total 490,533 COVID 19 cases registered as of 13 December 2020, 85.8%  ( 420,896 )  recovered, 1.44%  ( 7,045 )  died and 12.76%  ( 62,592 )  are active cases. In the epidemiological week 50, weekly average number of COVID 19 active cases decreased by 10.0%, in comparison to the previous week  ( 62,592 and 76,445 respectively ) ; during the same time, weekly recovery has increased by 40.2%  ( 24,936 and 17,788 respectively ) .
[ 9th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Experts say challenges are there as it requires complex logistics. They think a high profile committee should be formed and a well designed plan and policy need to be put in place immediately to have the necessary work done before procuring the vaccine. The experts suggested the government to improve the capacity of the existing cold chain and ensure other required logistic support so that the vaccine can be sent to upazila level for its fair distribution.
[ 14th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  As of 06 December 2020, according to the DGHS Press Release 2,969,630 COVID 19 tests were conducted in Bangladesh with the overall positivity rate of 16.5%  ( 10.6% in last 24 hours )  by 140 laboratories. Total 62.0%  ( 1,832,380/2,955,887 )  of all samples were tested by the laboratories in Dhaka. As of 13 December 2020, test per case is 6.05 which indicates the number of tests required to identify 1 case.
[ 8th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  According to a report of Aljazeera on Monday, the SII, the world's largest vaccine producer by volume, sought government approval for emergency use authorization of the coronavirus vaccine that it developed in partnership with the Oxford University and British drugmaker AstraZeneca.Recently the government of Bangladesh has signed an agreement with two organizations to collect 30 million doses of the Oxford University Covid 19 vaccines developed by Astrazeneca. A memorandum of understanding  ( MoU )  was signed on November 5, between the officials of the Health Ministry, SII, and Beximco Pharmaceuticals in Dhaka.
[ 8th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  When contacted, Health Services Division Secretary Abdul Mannan said: “According to the Serum Institute of India  [ SII ]  we are going to get the vaccine by January or February, maximum.' He further said: “When they will get the approval for marketing the vaccine, Bangladesh will collect it.' Government sources said that, in the first phase, frontline workers like doctors, medical workers, and elderly will get the priority when the vaccine will be distributed.
[ 14th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  In the reported week  ( week 50 ) , the number of international flights has increased by 5.6%, in comparison to the previous week  ( 170 and 161 respectively )  leading to increase in the number of incoming passengers by 3.0%  ( 27,448 and 26,636 respectively ) . In the reported week 580 individuals were sent to Institutional Quarantine after passenger screening at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport  ( HSIA ) .
[ 12th December 2020, Chittagong Division ]  Dense fog and cold wave has paralyzed life in Chittagong and its adjacent areas, causing immense sufferings to thousands of people, reports BSS. Chittagong witnessed intolerable cold with dense fog as cold wave was sweeping over different parts of the region, said a senior meteorologist at the district Met Office. He said the temperature is likely to increase a little from Monday. The lowest temperature in Chittagong on Saturday was recorded at 14°C in the city's Patenga area. There may be moderate to thick fog at places in Chittagong and its adjacent districts from midnight to morning for the next 24 hours, the sources said.
[ October 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Violence between two criminal groups in the camps escalated at the beginning of October, resulting in intracamp displacement of at least 1,000 households and damage to dozens of shelters.
[ 4th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Humanitarian and human rights groups have said the island is flood prone and vulnerable to frequent cyclones, while the government has not allowed the United Nations to carry out a safety assessment. “From what they told us the living conditions are good,' Al Jazeera's Tanvir Chowdhury reporting from Cox's Bazar said. “They have rooms that can accommodate up to four people, there are two hospitals, with 20 bed hospitals, there is a police station. ' “But… they  [ told us ]  they don't want to be there, they  [ want ]  to be near their homeland.. and they have extended family all across the country, they can visit,' he added.
[ 4thJuly 2021, Bangladesh ]  While southern Bangladesh is struggling to ensure oxygen supply for the hospitalized Covid 19 patients and the suspects, the health authorities have warned that the rising trend of Covid patients in the hospitals could lead to a crisis of medical oxygen.
[ 14th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  According to DGHS, as of 13 December 2020, 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 43,611 individuals were placed in quarantine facilities and of them 39695  ( 91.0% )  have already been released. Over the same period, total of 93,837 individuals were isolated in designated health facilitates and of them 81204  ( 86.5% )  have been released.
[ 4thJuly 2021, Bangladesh ]  Six people died allegedly due to an oxygen supply failure in Satkhira Medical College Hospital on the evening of June 30. They were undergoing treatment at the ICU and the CCU units of the hospital.
[ 14th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  According to DGHS, as of 30 November 2020, there are 10,492 general beds in the country of which 31.1%  ( 3,260 )  in Dhaka city and 570 ICU of which 50.5%  ( 288 )  in Dhaka city dedicated for COVID 19 treatment. Presently 27.8% of the general beds and 58.4% ICU beds are occupied all over the country.
[ 4thJuly 2021, Bangladesh ]  The DGHS spokesperson also said that there was no shortage of testing kits as the antigen and the rt PCR tests had been conducted at the testing facilities. “Bangladesh is capable of testing 50,000 samples a day,' he added.
[ Bangladesh ] : In addition to these vulnerabilities, the population is at risk due to recurrent monsoon and cyclone related disasters exacerbated by climate change. In 2020, one quarter of the country was flooded,16 affecting 5.4 million people
[ 21st December 2020, Bangladesh ]  According to DGHS, as of 20 December 2020, 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 44,387 individuals were placed in quarantine facilities and of them 41,049  ( 92.5% )  have already been released. Over the same period, total of 94,940 individuals were isolated in designated health facilitates and of them 82,612  ( 87% )  have been released.
[ 23 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  83 per cent of children in Bangladesh completed primary school, but only 29 per cent of children completed upper secondary school. In the upper secondary school, girls' completion rate was less than boys'  ( 27 per cent versus 32 per cent ) . Because of the COVID 19 pandemic, there is a risk that more than 45 per cent of the secondary level students in the country will not return to schools once education resumes due to these households falling below the poverty line  ( DhakaTribune, August 2020 ) .
[ 7th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  As of 06 December 2020, 68.3% of reported cases were from Dhaka division, 12.2% from Chattogram, Khulna – 5.0%, Rajshahi – 4.8%, Sylhet and Rangpur – 3.0%, Barishal – 2.1% and the lowest 1.5% from Mymensingh division.
[ 7th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  While, 54.0% of the reported death were from Dhaka division, 18.8% from Chattogram, Khulna – 7.3%, Rajshahi – 5.9%, Sylhet – 4.5%, Rangpur – 4.0%, Barishal – 3.3% and the lowest 2.1% from Mymensingh division.
[ 7th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  As on 06 December 2020, overall attack rate  ( AR )  in Bangladesh is 280 per 100,000 population and 100%  ( 64/64 )  of districts with the estimated total population of 170,306,468 have reported confirmed COVID 19 cases. In the reported week  ( week 49 ) , COVID 19 weekly average AR  ( 280/100,000 )  increased by 3.3% from the previous week.
[ 31st Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  The education sector is working with the help of community mobilisers inside the camps to increase awareness of COVID 19 prevention. They delivered audio messages to 1000 households this month and visited the household 200 200 times to raise awareness on CVID 19
[ 15 21 March 2021, Cox's Bazar Bangladesh ]  During the reporting period, a total of 2,779 samples were tested from the host and Rohingya community in Cox's Bazar district laboratory. • A slight increase was observed in the number of tests conducted among the host community population in week 11, from 63 to 66 per one hundred thousand population and a little decrease among the Rohingya refugees, from 111 to 108.
[ 13th December 2020 Bangladesh ]  On November 5, the government signed a Memorandum of Understanding  ( MoU )  with Serum Institute of India Pvt Limited and Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd  ( BPL )  to get three crore doses of SARS Cov 2 AZD 1222  ( Oxford/Astrazeneca Vaccine ) .
[ 12th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Host Community Depletion of savings/buying food on credit reported
[ 31st Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  This year a total six people became victims of enforced disappearance or abduction, and out of them four were later shown arrested by law enforcers while two others are still missing. In 2019 this number was 13, 34 in 2018, 60 in 2017, and 97 in 2016.
[ 13th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  During the same time, a total of 5,819,912 people got their first dose of the Covid 19 vaccine while 3,651,153 got second dose. Amid a shortage of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, Bangladesh on Wednesday received 500,000 doses of China's Sinopharm vaccine as a gift.
[ 7th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  In the reported week  ( week 49 ) , the number of international flights has increased by 5.2%, in comparison to the previous week  ( 161 and 153 respectively )  leading to increase in the number of incoming passengers by 3.4%  ( 26,636 and 25,765 respectively ) . In the reported week 1,203 individuals were sent to Institutional Quarantine after passenger screening at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport  ( HSIA ) .
[ 7th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  According to DGHS, as of 19 November 2020, 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 42,674 individuals were placed in quarantine facilities and of them 37,322  ( 87.5% )  have already been released. Over the same period, total of 92,454 individuals were isolated in designated health facilitates and of them 79,425  ( 85.9% )  have been released.
[ 12th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Host Community: High risk of monsoon flooding
[ 26th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  “The rate of GDP growth in Bangladesh is anticipated to have dipped to 3.8% in 2020. This compares to 8.2% GDP growth recorded in 2019.'Government debt as a share of GDP rose to 39.6% in 2020, which remains at a low level. Looking back, public sector debt stood at 35.8% of GDP in 2019. The government operated a fiscal deficit of 6.8% in 2020, facilitated in part by the low debt to GDP ratio. This will have bolstered the economy in the past months, it further observed.
[ 12th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Rohingya Community • 95% of households experienced decrease in income and increase in credit borrowing reported
[ 26th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  “Bangladesh has so far had a more contained Covid 19 outbreak than has been observed elsewhere in the world. As of the middle of December, the country had recorded 7,052 Covid 19 related deaths, equating to 4 deaths per 100,000 people,' states the 12th edition of the Cebr's flagship annual report, World Economic League Table  ( Welt ) .
Refugee:  [ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]   R E C E N T L Y D I S P L A C E D ROHINGYA: 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 cash for work program in camps.
Host:  [ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  HOST EMPLOYMENT: While employment and unemployment are not significantly different from baseline levels, reported employment masks a large proportion of temporarily absent workers. More than half of the respondents who report being employed are not actively working, i.e. were absent from work in the 7 days prior to the survey. The largely informal nature of jobs held by majority of this temporarily absent workers, makes it difficult to predict how much of this employment will translate into active jobs post lockdown.
Both Refugee and Host:  [ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Bangladesh's local economy started experiencing impacts of the COVID 19 crisis in early to mid March, with the fi rst case being reported on 7 March. A full countrywide lockdown was in place from 26 March 28 May. This brief presents fi ndings from the fi rst round of the CBPS high frequency follow ups  ( conducted between April May, 2020 )  on how this crisis has impacted key labor market indicators and outcomes in Cox's Bazar across the host and Rohingya population. The fi ndings from the follow up are presented as a panel update on baseline adults .
Both Refugee and Host:  [ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]   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
Rohingya Community • Maintain stable and constant food assistance • Improve access to nutritious, fresh food items • Further analysis on benefits/impact of home gardening on nutrition impact and dietary diversity • Address misinformation on food safety through sensitizing beneficiaries • Promote circular programming to decrease dependency on aid and improve self reliance
[ 12th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Host Community • Increase economic interaction between Rohingya and host community. e.g. farmers market • Integrate host communities in circular assistance projects to improve social cohesion and sustainability • Support Communication with communities on humanitarian assistance • Interventions to improve shock responsiveness markets • Digital solutions to support interactions between supply and demand of goods and services • Alternative training methods – need to measure impact on shift in training modalities • Economic recovery support programmes to rebuild livelihoods • Increase/expand assessments to fill highlighted Information gaps
[ November 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Communications with Community volunteers visited almost 160,000 households to gather complaints and feedback and disseminate information on specific topics, such as COVID 19 prevention and nutrition.ETS is providing data connectivity to 339 users in 31 sites, including e voucher outlets, logistic and residential hubs and severe acute respiratory infection treatment centres.
Both Refugee and Host:  [ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]   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 signifi cantly, unlike for women in low exposure areas, where unemployment has increased by almost eight times the previous rate
[ December 2020, Bangladesh ]  DGHS and IEDCR have undertaken necessary steps to test Covid 19 suspected patients in the test labs across the country which have already tested 3,227,598 samples as of December 31, 2020.
[ 13th December 2020 Bangladesh ]  The government on Sunday signed an agreement with Serum Institute of India Pvt Limited for procuring Covid 19 vaccine.Under the deal, Bangladesh will import three crore doses of SARS Cov 2 AZD 1222  ( Oxford/Astrazeneca Vaccine ) ,  ( 50 lakh in each month )  from Serum Institute of India in the next six months.Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, Director General  ( Health )  of Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) , and Nazmul Hassan Papon, managing director of Beximco, signed the agreement in presence of Health Minister Zahid Maleque in the city's Mohakhali area.
[ 11th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh on Thursday witnessed a sudden surge in Covid 19 fatalities, with 37 deaths in a single day, but a downward trend in active cases, with some 1,861 people testing positive for the virus in the past 24 hours, health authorities said.The mortality rate, however, is still at 1.43%, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
[ 15th 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.
[ 13th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  “A meeting should be held with civil society members of every village before making a list of relief and assistance beneficiaries. Upazila agriculture officers should distribute seeds among ‘real farmers' as chairmen and members violate their commitment,' Kamal Hossain, a Netrokona based journalist, said.
[ 13th December 2020 Bangladesh ]  “The government is procuring SARS Cov 2 AZD 1222  ( Oxford/Astrazeneca Vaccine )  through Serum Institute and it's proved safe during trial in different countries. It's also suitable in our weather,' said the Health Minister. In the first phases, the government is procuring three crore doses of the vaccine while the rest will be imported in phases within six months, he added. “If everything goes well, then we'll get the vaccine in mid January next.
[ 13th December 2020 Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh's Covid 19 death toll crossed the 7,000 mark on Saturday.
[ 10th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Dr Faisel said it is certain that the government will not be able to provide the vaccine to the country's all people at a time, no matter how many doses it receives. That's why we need a priority list and a vaccine policy to avoid chaos and misstatement.' He said a vaccine distribution policy should be formed immediately and people need to be informed about it. “The government must communicate with people and prepare them to accept the reality by giving them proper information and presenting the real scenario before them.
[ 10th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Dr Faisel said Bangladesh needs to procure a vaccine which is affordable and preservable in the country's cold chain. “So, we must have a plan for the preservation of the vaccine.'

He said a large part of the country's current vaccine cold chain is occupied with anti measles ‘Measles Rubella  ( MR )  vaccine.
[ 10th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ] China & Russia's vaccines cannot be ignored 

Dr Lenin said Bangladesh may face difficulties in procuring an effective Covid vaccine since it is highly dependent on AstraZeneca's one.

“It's uncertain when this vaccine may get approval due to controversy over its recent trial results. On the other hand, two American vaccines that seem to be effective are not suitable for us due to the preservation problem,' he said.
[ 21st Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh plans to collect another 60 million vaccines through the World Health Organization's COVAX program by May June. The government expects to vaccinate 45 million people across the country by then, Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam said on Monday while briefing the media on the weekly cabinet meeting.
[ 15th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  The government of Bangladesh has recently entered into an agreement with the Serum Institute, India to procure the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. According to the agreement, 30 million doses will be provided to Bangladesh. The Serum Institute has also entered into agreements with several other countries and the World Task Force  ( named COVAX ) . Serum Institute also has to meet the demand of India as a producing country. Considering all these factors, Bangladesh may get the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine by the end of 2021. More importantly, with the procured 30 million doses, only 15 million people  ( 8.8% )  can be vaccinated.
[ 15th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Billions of people in 92 low middle and low income countries could be deprived of the Covid 19 vaccines due to unequal competition. According to research conducted by the Duke Global Health Innovation Center, many low middle and low income countries may have to wait until 2023 2024 for vaccines; therefore, Bangladesh must act immediately to secure the Covid 19 vaccine doses required to vaccinate its population.
[ 15th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Recently, Adar Poonawalla, the chief executive of the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, Serum Institute, has warned that not enough Covid 19 vaccines will be available for everyone until the end of 2024. “It's going to take four to five years until everyone gets the vaccine on this planet.'
[ 15th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  “We have identified over 6,000 centres for vaccination activities at union parishad offices, health care facilities at unions, upazilas, districts, and medical college hospitals. Besides, we are thinking of selecting some schools for this as well,' he added. He also said: “Deployment of teams – that will carry out the vaccination initiatives – will depend on the population under a centre's jurisdiction. We want a team to administer at least 100 doses per session of the vaccination effort.'
[ 15th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Vaccination activities will be implemented under the Maternal, Neonatal, Child, and Adolescent Health  ( MNC & AH )  Program of the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .“As physicians, healthcare professionals and staff members at Covid 19 dedicated facilities come in direct contact with patients infected with the virus, they will get the vaccine first,' said Dr Shamsul Haque, line director of the program. “This will ensure the continuation of treatment, as those providing healthcare will become immune to the virus. After that, field level health workers, staff members, the elderly and people with comorbidities will be vaccinated. The frontline fighters in the ongoing Covid 19 crisis will get priority,' he added.
[ 15th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Health care professionals working at the government Covid 19 treatment facilities will be first in line to get the vaccine acquired from the Serum Institute of India in January, as they are the ones most exposed to the deadly virus. In phase one of the vaccination efforts, the government has introduced 10 categories to identify vaccine candidates. Healthcare professionals, people exposed to infection, people aged 60 or above and those who are aged under 60 with comorbidities will get vaccine doses on a priority basis.Recipients of the vaccine will be selected as per a guideline that has been formulated following the recommendations of the WHO and other leading communicable disease control organizations.
[  7 13 December 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  As of 13 December 2020, a total of 363 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 36 and Camps 3 and 15 with 27 and 25 cases respectively. To date, 22 cases were reported from Camp 6, 17 from Camp 2E and 14 from Camp 4. Camps 1W, 7 and 17 had 12 cases each. Camps 1E and 5 registered 11 cases and Camp 10 identified 10 cases while Camps 18 and 26 reported 9 cases.
[ 22nd Mar 2021, Bangladesh ]  These risks are not new. Prior to the fire, hydraulic modelling overlaid on 2019 shelter footprint estimated that in camps 8E, 8W and 9 respectively around 570, 440 and 1,100 shelters were at risk of flooding from a one in ten year pluvial flood event.3 In camps 8E and 8W respectively, around 160 and 140 of these shelters are within the fire zone, and roughly 770 in Camp 9  ( Figure 1 ) . The area is also prone to landslides. Over 600 shelters within the fire zone alone were calculated to be at moderate to high risk of landslides prior to the fire  ( Figure 2 ) . In the high burn areas, particularly in Camp 9 and southern areas of camps 8E and 8W, both landslide and flooding risk are anticipated to increase for the reasons outlined above, and proper planning will be required to mitigate exposure to these hazards, particularly given the impending monsoon and cyclone season.
. [  7 13 December 2020, Cox's Bazar ]   Additionally, four deaths due to suspected Acute Watery Diarrhea with severe dehydration and three deaths from suspected Measles were investigated and reclassified in 2020. Early Warning Alert and Response System  ( EWARS )   ( Indicator based surveillance ) : Acute Respiratory Infection  ( 19.2% ) , Diarrheal Diseases  ( 6.4% )  and Unexplained Fever  ( 1.9% )  were the diseases with highest proportional morbidity in the year 2020. Injury, either intentional or unintentional, was another condition reported through EWARS as contributing for a higher proportional morbidity as well  ( 2.5% ) .
[ 1 30th Nov 2020, Bangladesh ]  Refugee: The promotion of the guidelines in Cox's Bazar comes after a year of heightened concerns for children in the refugee settlements. the COVID 19 pandemic has significantly the reduced footprint of service providers in the refugee settlements and halted the implementation of important protection support mechanisms, such as learning centres and child friendly spaces
[ 17th December 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Community views on women and girls' voices, rights, needs: One of the most common requests raised was for girls to have more access to education opportunities, particularly in the form gender segregated schools. “Both men and women should get strong by education to realise their misdeeds and make sure that everyone has rights and feels equal in their family.' One person explained that girls were prevented by the community from going to school in Myanmar because of prohibitions on Islamic dress and frequent harassment.