nlp-thedeep/humsetbias huggingface dataset:
[ 20th December 2020, Bangladesh ]   According to the community feedback Adolescent sex workers based in Dhaka city corporation area, say they're facing hardship due to reduced income because of COVID 19 pandemic. They say their earning has reduced as they get more rickshaw pullers as customers than businessmen.
[ 27th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Women and girl's empowerment has to be pursued with due considerations versus the characteristic of the Rohingya society which is quite conservative towards women: engagement of women and girls in hygiene promotion activities should be encouraged and discussed with due care.
[ 1st December 2020, Bangladesh ]  So far, 380,711 patients – 81.89 percent    including 2,539 new ones in the last 24 hours have recovered.
[ 2nd December 2020, Bangladesh ]  The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved in principle a proposal of the Health Services Division to procure Covid 19 vaccine directly from any organisation through negotiations without following any bidding process.
[ September 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: Access to justice was negatively affected in the camps due to the reduced footprint of humanitarian actors and authorities. The resulting impunity with which criminal elements operated provided further incentive for organized criminal gangs to expand their activities. The lack of timely solutions has been perceived by refugees to be the result of ineffective follow up, which negatively affected refugees' trust in the legal process. At the same time, the reduced presence of protection actors impacted negatively on the delivery of legal assistance. In an effort to seek swift solutions, refugees have continued to look to ad hoc dispute resolution mechanisms through majhis, CPP volunteers and other non legal actors, which has led to numerous reports of corruption, bias, and extortion. Very few legal literacy and counselling sessions have been held as a result of COVID 19 restrictions. Moving forward this needs to be addressed to ensure refugees have access to fair, legal based dispute resolution mechanisms despite the COVID 19 restrictions in place
[ 4th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  The government has said that it will initially provide 30 million free doses of vaccine to the citizens of the country selecting the recipients following the protocol of the World Health Organisation
[ 5th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  It is the first official lockdown in Bangladesh to tackle the deadly coronavirus. On March 26 last year, the government had declared general holidays along with a transport shutdown instead of enforcing lockdown as the country was witnessing the surge in coronavirus transmission.
[ 2nd Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh on Wednesday reported 2,198 new Covid 19 cases in 24 hours, bringing the caseload to 469,423.
[ October 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  SMSD Sector partners provided COVID 19 key messages and updates through awarenessraising campaigns, reaching 64,304 individuals. Partners checked temperatures of 71,077 individuals at 10 Camp Point of Entry stations.
[ 31st March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The fire resulted in eleven deaths that have been confirmed by Government authorities and a significant number of injuries, a vast majority of them mild in nature including superficial burns.
[ 16th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  The record breaking surge of Covid 19 in Bangladesh is showing no signs of letting up, with the highest ever 101 deaths recorded in the 24 hours till Friday morning. This was the fifth time in the last seven days that the country broke its record for most Covid 19 deaths in a single day. The total fatalities in the country now stands at 10,182, according to health directorate data collected between 8am Thursday and 8am Friday.
[ 16th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  Since the beginning of the pandemic, 5,913 people have died in Dhaka division, 1,828 in Chittagong, 544 in Rajshahi, 633 in Khulna, 305 in Barisal, 347 in Sylhet, 397 in Rangpur, and 215 in Mymensingh. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far stands at 1.43%.
[ 31 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Preplanned COVID 19 vaccination should continue to operate as much as possible, as per prioritization identified by the Government of Bangladesh and Routine immunization should continue as much as possible with complete adherence to the preventive measures against COVID 19
[ 31st Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  On the other hand, parents of adolescent girls are blaming their daughters for what they see as the necessity of child marriage. Parents from Barguna say the combination of ample spare time and excessive social media use means adolescents are getting involved in romantic relationships and request their parents to allow them to get married. If their parents refuse, the girls threaten to commit suicide. As there have been local incidents of adolescent suicide, parents say they have no choice but to agree to these requests.
[ 28 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  KEY LESSONS LEARNED AND WAY FORWARD: • Due to a lack of proper forecasting and demand for vaccines, a shortage of critical vaccines such as FMD and LSD is harming the economics of dairy and beef cattle farms.
[ 28 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  COVID 19 added significant challenges to achieving nutrition outcomes due to only a few large firms investing and a lack of incentives from government.
[ 3rd Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Dr Be Nazir also echoed Muzaher saying it is now necessary to know how much people of the country have so far been infected with the virus through a rapid anti body test or a survey. “We need to decide whether we'll give the vaccine to those who have already beat the virus,' he said.
[ September 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  316 community Volunteers distribute COVID 19 awareness leaflets through household visits; take care of WASH facilities  ( boreholes, tap stands ) , and assist with WASH materials distributions
[ September 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Priorities in the following month   Emergency support will continue for households with shelters damaged by the monsoon   Construction of 2,450 mid term shelters   Shelter  ( non food items )  distributions supported by the German Red Cross
[ 6th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Over half of the latest fatalities took place in Dhaka Division alone. Of the 31 deceased, including 24 men and seven women, 18 were from the Dhaka Division, three from Chittagong, two each from Rangpur, Barisal, Sylhet and Mymensingh divisions, and one each from the Rajshahi and Khulna divisions. Of them, 30 died at different hospitals while one died at home.Of the 31 people who died, none were under 30. Only one from the 31 40 age group succumbed to the disease. From the 41 50 and 51 60 age groups, five and four people died, respectively, with the virus killing the highest 21 people aged above 60.
[ 31 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Efforts should be made to provide information to humanitarian workers, first responders, construction workers and anyone else involved in recovery and cleaning of flooded edifices and debris, including that they should wear appropriate personal protective equipment to avoid potential exposure to infections and diseases. While volunteering, assisting or staying in shelters, face masks should be worn appropriately at all times, hand hygiene and respiratory hygiene measures should be practiced.
• [ 31 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Listen to and follow advice from trusted authorities if and when the tap/piped water is safe to drink. Use the water tre• Listen to and follow advice from trusted authorities if and when the tap/piped water is safe to drink. Use the water treatment tablets that are being provided in the meantime by the volunteersatment tablets that are being provided in the meantime by the volunteers
[ 12th December 2020, Bangladesh ]   The minister said the government has increased bed capacity for Covid 19 patients to provide necessary medical services to protect them from the killer disease . “We have widened testing facilities at the quickest possible time to detect the coronavirus positive cases….Now the number of testing lab stands at 140 while the government has installed central oxygen system in 59 public hospitals to treat the Covid 19 patients,' he added.Maleque said Bangladesh witnessed lower Covid 19 fatality rate as the government has taken multiple preventive measures to deal with the pandemic.
[ 11th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  While the death toll now stands at 6,967, the number of people infected with Covid 19 has reached 4,85,965. So far, some 410,452 patients  ( 84.86% ) , including 4,486 new ones, have recovered in the past 24 hours, as per the health data.
[ 31 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  During return to shelters and or facilities, be aware of any risk of snakes, and snake bites and therefore should; • Use rods and sticks to sift through their belongings and create vibrations.
[ September 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  To control the outbreak of COVID 19, the BDRCS Integrated Isolation and Treatment Centre  ( IITC )  in Camp 2E continues to treat patients with mild to moderate COVID 19 symptoms. Out of 914 treated people, 172 patients were referred to the IOM 2W SARI ITC and MSF Kutupalong Main Clinic for COVID 19 RT PCR sample collection. Additional construction  ( finishing works )  is underway at the second BDRCS IITC  ( in Camp 7 ) , as part of a restructure to standardize isolation and treatment facilities
[ 20th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  The local airways on April 7 sought permission to operate flights on domestic routes while strictly following health guidelines. Domestic flight operators have claimed that they ensure health safety facilities in and out of the air crafts during travel. All airlines are always under monitoring by the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh  ( CAAB ) , aiming to control the transmission of the virus.
[ 18 March 2021, Bangladesh ] : IGP Benazir said 45 lakh people in the country have so far been provided with the coronavirus vaccine. “Even after receiving the vaccine, everyone must follow the health rules.'
[ 18 March 2021, Bangladesh ] : Bangladesh's daily coronavirus infection rate jumped to 10.45 percent with 2,187 new cases. The death tally climbed to 8,624 with 16 more deaths. Bangladesh has so far reported 564,939 cases with the first ones reported on March 8 last year.
[ 6th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  All restaurants and eateries will be allowed to offer dine in facilities at half capacity between 6am and 10pm every day. They will also continue to provide online, takeaway or home delivery services.
[ September 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  BDRCS Field Hospital: In September, 6,905 people  ( 6,333 new patients )  were served at the BDRCS field hospital. The outpatient department  ( OPD ) , pathology, antenatal care  ( ANC )  and inpatient units provided the major clinical services during this month. There was a 52 per cent increase in patient flow compared to the previous month  ( 4,163
[ 2nd December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has been witnessing an upward trend in weekly death toll with 38 more people succumbing to infections from Covid 19 in the 24 hours till Wednesday morning. The latest death tally pushed up the curve to 6,713 in the country, since recording first coronavirus fatality on march 18. In the last seven days, the country logged 226 deaths, up from the 212 casualties in the previous week ending November 25. Between November 12 and 18, there were 148 casualties.
[ 4th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  As on 03 January 2021, overall attack rate  ( AR )  in Bangladesh is 303 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 53 ) , COVID 19 weekly average AR increased by 1.3% from the previous week  ( 303 and 299 per 100,000 population respectively ) .
As of 03 January 2021, 68.7% of reported cases were from Dhaka division, 12.3% from Chattogram, Khulna and Rajshahi – 4.8%, Rangpur – 3.0%, Sylhet – 2.9%, Barishal – 2.0% and the lowest 1.5% from Mymensingh division. While, 54.9% of the reported death were from Dhaka division, 18.7% from Chattogram, Khulna – 7.0%, Rajshahi – 5.7%, Rangpur – 4.5%, Sylhet – 3.8%, Barishal – 3.2% and the lowest 2.2% from Mymensingh division.
[ 10th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Dr Faisel said the quality of the vaccine will degrade if the doses are not properly preserved, transported, distributed and vaccinated. “That's why we need a monitoring team.
[ 19 May, 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: Identified Needs and Remaining Gaps: The exclusion of protection from the list of critical activities during the lockdown, published by the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner  ( RRRC )  has led to much of the legal protection and community based protection work being delivered remotely. Direct contact with community volunteer structures has been impacted and there is an overt dependence on online modalities for communication and monitoring. The reduction of protection related work in the camps, if it continues, will affect the momentum of community based volunteer structures.
[ 13th Dec 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 24 hours, raising the death toll to 7,020.
[ 21st Dec 2020, Bangladesh ] The government has suspended indefinitely the activities of the International Rescue Committee  ( IRC )  for carrying out projects without the approval of the proper authorities.
[ 6th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  The health authority also recorded 31 more deaths from the disease during that time, bringing the fatalities to 6,838.The mortality rate, however, is still 1.43%, said the Directorate General of Health Services.
[ 18th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far stands at 1.45%.
[ 10th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Amid rise in Covid  19 infections in Bangladesh, health authoroties onWednesday reported 2,159 new cases in 24 hours, pushing the country's total tally to 484,104.
Refugee:  [ 31st October 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  An estimated 500 HHs are expected to be relocated due to the upcoming ADB and WB road expansions. However, there is not enough shelter or space to accommodate all displaced families.
[ 21st Feb 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Hosts Rising food expenditure in hosts due to food price hikes over the period and lack of protection policies from market fluctuations. Increase in food expenditure exerts direct pressure on share of NFI expenditure. Price increases not unique to Cox's Bazar but consistent with national price trends  ( esp. 2020 due to pandemic )
[ 16th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh's Covid 19 fatalities rose to 7,156 on Wednesday morning with reports of 27 more deaths in 24 hours, the health authorities said.The mortality rate stands at 1.44 percent, said the Directorate General of Health Services.
[ 18th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  The country also logged a total of 498,293 coronavirus cases with 1,318 people testing positive over the same period.
[ March 21, 2021, Bangladesh Chattogram ] :Bangladesh started its countrywide vaccination drive on February 7. By Sunday, 4,840,969 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.
[ 18th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  As of 17 January 2021, 68.8% of reported cases were from Dhaka division, 12.4% from Chattogram, Khulna – 4.8%, Rajshahi – 4.7%, Rangpur – 3.0%, Sylhet – 2.9%, Barishal – 2.0% and the lowest 1.5% from Mymensingh division. While, 55.4% of the reported death were from Dhaka division, 18.5% from Chattogram, Khulna – 6.8%, Rajshahi – 5.6%, Rangpur – 4.5%, Sylhet – 3.8%, Barishal – 3.1% and the lowest 2.3% from Mymensingh division.
[ 29th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  In a gazette notification issued on Wednesday, the current restrictions have been extended till May 5. The experts further said the government should ensure that the recent downward trend in Covid 19 cases continued. To make that possible, the government should continue the ongoing restrictions on public movement, they said.
[ 22nd March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: "UNICEF expresses its deepest sympathy to the Rohingya refugees affected by the fire in the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. The fire has already caused enormous devastation, spreading rapidly through refugee camps and displacing thousands of people. While large scale evacuations have taken place, the full extent of the disaster is yet to be confirmed.
[ 21st Dec 2020 Bangladesh ]  The health authorities said 2,167 people recovered from the disease over the preceding 24 hours. So far, 439,694 patients   87.56% of all infected   have made full recovery across the country.
[ 4th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Maintaining health protocols, kitchen market and essentials goods could be sold in open spaces from 08:00 hrs to 16:00 hrs. Market authority/local administration will ensure the matter; Bangladesh Bank will provide necessary direction to continue banking system in limited scale;
[ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Host Community: About 60 percent of high exposure host households were consuming more than the WHO recommended minimum of 2,100 ries per person3 , whereas in low exposure areas this stands at 49 percent of households. While the average number of food groups consumed is the same across the two areas, 38 percent of host households living in low exposure areas consumed fewer than 10 food groups compared to 31 percent in the high exposure areas.4 These low exposure households also reported adopting more severe food coping strategies at higher rates than high exposure households.
[ 2 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  New learners couldn't be enrolled and to wait till the resume of Educational activities.
[ 1 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Three years after extreme violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar, sparked a massive refugee influx into Bangladesh, there are 884,041 Rohingya refugees living in 34 congested camps in Cox's Bazar District.
[ 22 28March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Cox's Bazar district: A total of 205 new COVID 19 positive cases were reported in Cox's Bazar districtfrom 22 28 March 2021 according to the Civil Surgeon Office. The first laboratory confirmed case was identified in Cox's Bazar on 23 March2020.
[ Bangladesh ]  Water, sanitation and hygiene 103 million people lack access to safe water
[ 29th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The different needs of women, girls, men and boys during and after this massive fire outbreak must be assessed. Incorporating sex, age and disability disaggregated  ( SADDD )  data and gender analysis in assessments is necessary to ensure that the interventions leave no one behind. To ensure minimum standards, assessment teams must at least include females, and ideally be gender balanced.
[ 21 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Along with locational and resource considerations, potential prevention strategies and measures to mitigate drowning risks should be appropriate to the child's developmental stage to maximize their effectiveness  ( Peden et al, 2008 ) . Different interventions are required for different age groups.
[ 3 May, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Earlier, on April 28, the government has issued six fresh directives imposing restrictions on people's movement alongside the existing ones as the country is struggling to contain the Coviid 19 transmission.
[ 18th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladeshi migrant workers sent $10.9 billion back to the country as remittance in the first five months of FY2020 2021, even though a large contingent of the migrant workers have returned to the country since April this year due to the Covid 19 pandemic.
[ 27th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: With 500 cubic meters of solid waste produce daily in the targeted area , SMW remains one of the main challenges as only 51% of the refugee households are disposing waste in designated area and 27% are reporting the presence of garbage near their houses.
[ 5th August 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  4,142 latrines, 1,461 bathing cubicles, 726 tube wells and 198 tap stands have been damaged or contaminated. 31 Faecal Sludge Treatment Plans  ( FSTPS )  have been affected throughout all camps.
[ Week 14, 5 11 April, 2021, Bangladesh ]  In week 14, 13 suspected measles cases were reported through weekly reporting made 232 cases in total in 2021. Out of those 176 cases  ( 76% )  reported through case based reporting and samples collected for laboratory confirmation
Host:  [ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Among non wage workers, high exposure hosts faced much lower income losses  ( 15 percent )  than their counterparts in low exposure areas  ( 43 percent ) . With high exposure hosts more dependent on agriculture and low exposure hosts on industrial and service sector
[ 10 May, 2021, Bangladesh ] The government has ordered the officials of all government, semi government autonomous and private organisations, banks and financial institutions to remain at their respective workstations during the upcoming Eid ul Fitr holidays.
Refugee:  [ November 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Working Group's response strategy: Promote the centrality of protection in order to ensure a conducive protection environment through a whole systems approach which:   integrates age, gender and diversity principles throughout the response and ensures that the principles of “DO NO HARM' and “LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND' are the foundations of all sectoral activities   Places refugees at the center of the response through a rights based community approach which promotes community representation mechanisms across camps, community feedback mechanisms and safeguards communities from PSEA.   Institutionalizes protection and accountability principles by building the capacity of administrative, judicial and law enforcement authorities, prioritizes access to formal and informal justice mechanisms, safety and security, and leverages the complementarity of humanitarian and development initiatives
[ November 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Working Group's response strategy : Implement a protection monitoring framework in order to ensure evidence based advocacy efforts and an inclusive rights based approach which addresses the tailored protection challenges of persons with specific needs, whilst strengthening peaceful co existence between host and refugee communities and enhancing alternative dispute mechanisms as well as legal services to address protection risks and case management associated with HLP, trafficking, and other legal protection issues. • Identified girls and boys at risk who received specialized age and gender sensitive child protection services through individual case management to meet their unique needs. • Case Management including Psychosocial support  ( PSS ) , Psychological First Aid  ( PFA ) , and referrals of GBV survivors and integrated SRH, community outreach and awareness for both camps and host communities.
[ Week 14, 5 11 April, 2021, Bangladesh ]  A total of 3, 855 cases of diarrhoeal diseases reported in EWARS in week 14. ▪ Among which 2,518 cases  ( 3.5% )  reported as acute watery diarrhoea  ( AWD ) , remaining 965  ( 1.4% )  and 372  ( 0.5% )  cases as other and bloody diarrhea, respectively.
[ 27th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  According to DGHS, as of 27 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 44,848 individuals were placed in quarantine facilities and of them 41,751  ( 93.1% )  have already been released. Over the same period, total of 95,861 individuals were isolated in designated health facilitates and of them 84,015  ( 87.6% )  have been released.
[ 21 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The reoccurrence of children with epilepsy drowning in the camps is an important finding. Numerous researchers have highlighted the increased risks of drowning due to pre existing medical conditions, and particular focus has been given to epilepsy  ( Bell et al, 2008; Besag, 2001 ) . Previous studies from HICs have found that children with epilepsy are at a much higher risk of drowning and submersion than children who do not have epilepsy  ( Franklin et al, 2017; Diekema et al, 1993; Kemp and Sibert, 1993; Pearn et al, 1978 ) .
[ 15 31 March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  As of 28 March 2021, a total of 6014 individuals from the host community in Cox's Bazar district have tested positive for COVID 19: 565 in Chokoria, 105 in Kutubdia, 400 in Moheshkhali, 225 in Pekua, 424 in Ramu, 3170 in Sadar, 501 in Teknaf and 624 in Ukhiya.
[ 28th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  No one is allowed to enter Bangladesh from India through any land, sea or airports  ( excluding transportation of goods ) . However, only Bangladeshis whose visas have expired can enter Bangladesh with special consideration subject to obtaining permission / no objection clearance from the Bangladesh High Commission in India.
[ 7th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  In the epidemiological week 49, number of new cases in Bangladesh is 15,138; case per 100,000 population per week is 8.9. New death is 229; death per 100,000 per week is 0.13. Weekly new tests is 107,197; tests per 100,000 per week is 62.9; weekly test positivity is 14.12.
[ 15 21 March 2021, Cox's Bazar Bangladesh ]  As of 21 March 2021, 5,811 cases and 73 deaths have been reported from the host community in Cox's Bazar; A total of 92 new cases were recorded among the host community from 15 21 March 2021.
[ 26th July   1st August 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees:The weekly English and Bangla radio script on COVID 19 update was aired through Bangladesh Betar 100.8 fm and Community Radio Naf 99.2 fm. Public health messages and technical inputs for Information, Education & Communication  ( IEC )  materials on COVID 19 vaccination campaign for Rohingya refugees were shared.
[ 25th Dec 2020,Bangladesh ]  The test positivity rate never went below a double digit from May 3 to October 23 and again from October 25 to December 14. Since December 15 till Friday, this rate has always been less than 10% except for that of December 19 when it was 10.30%. This clearly depicts a downward trend in the test positivity rate, where the average figure till date stands at 16.11%.
[ 25th Dec 2020,Bangladesh ]  The division wise data shows that 12 deaths took place in Dhaka division, three in Chittagong, two each in Khulna and Rangpur, and one in Mymensingh. Among the total 7,398 deaths, 4,044 deaths occurred in Dhaka division, 1,379 in Chittagong division, 431 in Rajshahi division, 522 in Khulna division, 236 in Barisal division, 290 in Sylhet division, 333 in Rangpur division, and 163 in Mymensingh division
[ 23   29th Nov 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  From early April until 6 December 2020, a total of 74 530 tests for COVID 19 have been conducted of which 63 592 are from Cox's Bazar district and the remainder from Bandarban and Chittagong districts. A decrease in the number of tests conducted among the Rohingya was observed in week 49  ( from 1477 to 1230 tests per one million population )  but a slight increase was observed in the host community population  ( from 1509 to 1553 tests per one million population ) .
[ 23   29th Nov 2020, Camp, Cox's Bazar ] A camp wise dedicated Contact Tracing  ( CT )  network  ( 34 supervisors and 311 volunteers )  has been embedded in the RIRT in camps, having captured 91%  ( 1242/1362 )  of the contacts in the go.data, 79% of contacts have completed their follow up, while 1.1%  ( 13 )  of known contacts became positive COVID 19 cases and 4.8%  ( 13/269 )  cases have contacted with a suspected or confirmed COVID 19 case. WHO is closely supporting the CT activity through the field surveillance network. During epidemiology week 49, between 30 November   06 December, seven new COVID 19 cases were confirmed in the Rohingya refugee camps.
[ 31st Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Getting every member of the Rohiyanga community to adopt proper handwashing practice was a challenge; the issue was given highs priority and assigned hygiene promoters are constantly working to raise awareness about washing hands regularly.
[ 13th December 2020 Bangladesh ]  Also, 1,355 new cases were reported during the period, pushing up the country's infection tally to 490,533. The mortality rate, however, stood at 1.44%, said the Directorate General of Health Services. So far, 420,896 patients – 85.80% – have recovered.
[ 12th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Host Community• High no. of COVID 19 cases diagnosed in Cox's Bazar Sada
[ 17th December 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Community views on early marriage: People attributed increasing early marriage rates to girls' insecurity, poverty, lack of education options for adolescent girls, traditional social pressure, and the higher number of women who work outside the home than in Myanmar. “Child marriage might be illegal, but it's lawful according to our religion. But after, there are consequent problems because of the lack of experience and knowledge of the spouses.' “It's increasing because the girls who are underage have gotten a chance to work with humanitarians, where they fall in love with boys but don't have enough knowledge or experience about how to act.'
[ 30th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  Due to COVID 19 pandemic the usual learning activities have been suspended. Nonetheless, UNHCR worked with the education sector partners to disseminate caregiver led education guidelines in the camps to support caregivers and parents in facilitating some learning in their homes while the facilities remain closed.
[ 15th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  According to DGHS, the groups or professionals listed by the Covid 19 Vaccine Management Taskforce are health care professionals at government treatment facilities, private sector health workers, police officials  ( primarily those working at root level such as traffic constables ) , administration officials   civil surgeons, deputy commissioners, ministry officials, public representatives, freedom fighters, journalists and most importantly the elders  ( people aged 60 and above ) . Speaking to Dhaka Tribune, Dr Habibur Rahman, director of DGHS's Management Information System  ( MIS )  said: “I am not sure about public representatives being included in the vaccination list. Those who are exposed to the deadly virus will get the vaccine on a priority basis.'
[ 15th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Dr Shamsul said public representatives may be under consideration for vaccine priority as some of them must be in regular physical contact with the public for relief distribution and other work.When asked about the distribution of the vaccine, he said: “We have just asked the country's civil surgeons to send a list of healthcare professionals, including field workers, from their respective districts. Once the lists arrive, we will confirm how many vaccines will be provided to other professionals or any other groups.'
[ 1 30 November 2020, Bangladesh ]  Refugee: UNHCR supported SARI ITCs in Ukhiya and Kutupalong as well as an ICU in the local District hospital have provided some 550 patients from the camps and the host community with support and care to date. As of 30 November, 350 patients were successfully treated and discharged. The facilities continue to have sufficient capacity to deal with the number of cases identified.
Host:  [ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Host communities also reported increased rates of labor force participation, and this was accompanied by a 7 percent decline in the employment rate; and a similar rise in the unemployment rates. High exposure hosts demonstrate relatively smaller changes from baseline across all indicators, in comparison to low exposure hosts.
[ 18th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Of the 25 deceased – 16 men and nine women – 18 were from Dhaka division, three from Rajshahi, two from Sylhet, and one each from Chittagong and Khulna divisions. Of the victims, 24 died at different hospitals and one at home. So far, 5,505 men  ( 76.28% )  and 1,712 women  ( 23.72% )  have died from Covid 19 across the country.
[ 14th Jan 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: “E block is completely burned down,' said the refugee, Mohammed Arakani. “There is nothing left. There was nothing saved. Everything is burned down.' “Everyone is crying,' he added. “They lost all their belongings. They lost everything … all their goods.'
[ 4th 10th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar Bangladesh ]  Illegal Rohingya Movement: There were some reports that Rohingyas were willing to move to Bashan Char in order to escape the recent fighting in the camps. Others, however, have sought more direct roots out of the camps. On October 7, a 13 year old Rohingya girl was arrested while attempting to get fraudulent identity papers at Chattogram Passport Office.
[ 10 May, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh Situation: Between 8 March 2020 and 09 May 2021, according to the DGHS Press Release <https://corona.gov.bd/press release> there were seven hundred seventy three thousand, five hundred thirteen  ( 773 513 )  COVID 19 cases confirmed by RTPCR, GeneXpert, and Rapid Antigen tests including eleven thousand, nine hundred thirty four  ( 11 934 )  related deaths  ( CFR 1.54% ) . Bangladesh is among the top 33 countries and accounts for 0.49% of the COVID 19 cases of the world.
[ 21 April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Under the circumstances, the Ministry of Agriculture has recommended providing Tk 5,000 to each farmer as they are affected by double blows    natural calamity and Covid 19 pandemic.
[ 4th 10th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar Bangladesh ]  Four men including three Rohingya and one Bangladeshi are killed in gunfights between two Rohingya gangs in Kutupalong camp. The deceased included siblings Mohammadullah alias Gias Uddin and Md Faruk, brothers of Rohingya leader Munna and Nurul Huda, son of Nur Hossain, residents of Rongikhali area of Hnila union in Teknaf upazila.
[ 10 May, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Surveillance & Laboratory: As of 09 May 2021, 70.9% of reported cases were from Dhaka division  ( 61.0% at Dhaka city ) , Chattogram – 12.6%, Rajshahi – 4.2%, Khulna – 4.1%, Sylhet – 2.7%, Rangpur – 2.3%, Barishal – 2.0% and the lowest 1.2% from Mymensingh division. While 58.0% of the reported death were from Dhaka division  ( 34.8% at Dhaka city ) , Chattogram – 18.5%, Khulna – 6.1%, Rajshahi – 5.2%, Rangpur – 3.6%, Sylhet – 3.5%, Barishal – 3.0%, and the lowest 2.1% from Mymensingh division.
[ 26th April   2nd May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  In week 17, 26 deaths were recorded   • 38%  ( n=10 )  were due to causes classified as “Others' • 27%  ( n=7 )  as still birth  ( Born Dead )  • 35%  ( n=9 )  as neonatal  ( <28 days old )  • Out of reported deaths, 27% occurred in health facilities and 73% at homes
[ 27th March 2021,Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh recorded 39 deaths from Covid 19 in the last 24 hours   the highest single day death toll reported in the country in the last three months. It was December 15 last when the country had recorded more Covid 19 casualties – 40 deaths.
[ 4 17th Jan 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  However, while Cox's Bazar presented an environment where the virus could spread rapidly   considering the densely populated and fragile setting where traditional measures to contain the virus aren't feasible   nine months since the first Rohingya patient was found positive for COVID 19, laboratory testing indicates that to date 373 refugees have tested positive for COVID 19 and 10 have died.
[ 14th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Community feedback from Moulvibazar and Satkhira suggests people are worried because there appear to be more individuals with COVID 19 symptoms. People from Moulvibazar are buying medicine they believe to be used to treat COVID 19 infections from local pharmacies without a prescription from a certified doctor and without being tested.
[ 10 May, 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: Fresh Food Corners:  ( JANUARY MARCH 2021 )   13 operational fresh food corners at e voucher outlets after the March fire  128,393 vulnerable refugees provided with e voucher top up of USD 3 to access fresh produce every month
[ 03rd Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Devastating flooding in the north and the effect of cyclone Amphan on the coastal areas has increased the economic vulnerability of people living in these geographical areas.
[ 30th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Twenty eight people died in Dhaka Division, six in Chattogram, five in Rajshahi, three in Khulna and one each in Barishal, Mymensingh and Rangpur. So far, 5,081 people died in Dhaka division, 1,628 in Chattogram, 499 in Rajshahi, 577 in Khulna, 273 in Barishal, 317 in Sylhet, 373 in Rangpur and 201 in Mymensingh.
[ 25th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  “Bangladesh is getting the vaccine after India while the other countries will get the vaccine in May June. At first, the government has said to provide the vaccine to eight to 10 districts in Bangladesh but now we have to provide the vaccine in 64 districts of the country which is a big challenge,' he said.
[ 27th March 2021,Bangladesh ]  The DGHS had initially planned to inoculate six million people in the first month of the campaign. People aged 40 years and above now can get registered to receive Covid 19 vaccines, according to sources from the Health Ministry. Health authorities plan to start administering the second dose of the Covid 19 vaccine from April 8.
[ 18th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  As part of this, the ministry was providing training to 42,000 health workers and volunteers as part of the Covid 19 vaccination program, Zahid Maleque said.
[ April  June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The COVID 19 related movement restrictions temporarily interrupted Routine Immunization services in the FDMN/Rohingya refugee camps, especially community outreach. However, some fixed sites continued to provide services on a limited scale. Vaccination services were available at fixed sites  ( 59 health facilities )  and through community out reach sessions provided by 75 vaccination teams
[ 12th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Earlier on Sunday, the ministry approved the National Vaccine Deployment Plan for Covid 19. On Monday, Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  DG Prof ABM Khurshid Alam said that according to Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd the vaccine would arrive by January 25. The vaccine would be stored in Beximco's warehouse and the first instalment of the vaccine would be distributed to the health authorities at the district level within January 27.
[ 29th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Talking about Bangladesh, she said the government adopted comprehensive plans to minimise the impact of the pandemic on the lives and livelihoods of people. “We immediately rolled out a stimulus package worth more than 1.24 trillion taka equivalent to USD 14.58 billion, which is around 4.44% of our GDP.'
[ 23 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Bangladesh is a man  34 centred, patriarchal society with rules of purdah13 minimizing interaction between the sexes. It isolates women socially, and defines acceptable and desirable behaviours and traits for women such as submissive, ignorant, and not independent from men  ( Nidhi K, 2009 ) . Women are dependent on men throughout their lives, with the dominant members in the patriarchal society starting at home: fathers, husbands, brothers, sons  ( Farhana Haque, 2019 ) . Further, Bangladesh as a hierarchical society awards respect due to age and position. Bangladeshis expect the most senior man, by age or position, to make decisions that are in the best interests of the group
[ 1 31st Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Treated and discharged patients ■649 patients successfully treated and discharged.
[ 20th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, Bangladesh on Monday recorded its highest ever Covid 19 deaths    112    over the span of 24 hours, taking the death toll to 10,497. At the same time, another 4,271 people tested positive, which took the total number of cases to 723,221 since March last year. Since Friday, the single day death toll has remained above the 100 mark and, over the last week, Bangladesh recorded on average 96 deaths per day.
[ December 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  A seroprevalence study for COVID 19 was undertaken to measure the presence of antibodies to SARS CoV 2 virus in the population in the camps, giving an indication of the number of present and past infections. A total of 3,699 blood samples were collected from randomly selected households in the camps between 2 to 30 December 2020. Testing of the samples is expected to be completed in January
[ 1 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Various surveys have found that the pandemic has negatively affected the incomes of people with disabilities and their households as they have lost their jobs, resulting in increased food insecurity  ( HI, 2020b; HI, 2020a; Goyal et al., 2020; i2i, 2020; Ahmed et al, 2020; Christensen, 2020a; Christensen, 2020b ) .
[ 14th Jan 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Ninety two percent of the 180 latrines in the block are now functioning, while 72 percent of the 46 bathing spaces damaged in the fire have already been repaired, 13 are being reconstructed. All hand washing devices are now operating again. Some 3000 cubic feet of waste has been collected and disposed in a safe place outside of the camp; NGOF and Solidarities International provided trucks to remove the debris. In order to secure the water supply within the impacted area, minor damages to the existing water network were fixed immediately and a daily distribution of bottled water to the affected families is taking place. More than 100 WASH volunteers have been engaged daily
[ Nov 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: A total of 14 new sta have been recruited for the Utteran ambulance decontamination point and have received training on IPC measures, focusing on ambulance disinfection and waste management and disposal. In November, this unit, together with two other ambulance decontamination units in Camp 20 Extension and Camp 24, cleaned and disinfected 50 ambulances and COVID 19 vehicles.
[ 7th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh was also among the first countries in the world to begin vaccinating the population, with the nationwide vaccination campaign kicking off on February 7. A total 3,789,352 people have been vaccinated in the country, so far, and 5,017,804 people have registered for the vaccine.
[ 24th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  As of 24 January 2021, according to the DGHS Press Release 3,555,558 COVID 19 tests were conducted in Bangladesh with the overall positivity rate of 14.96%  ( 3.34% in last 24 hours )  by 200 laboratories. One  ( 1 )  RT PCR laboratory in Dhaka city  ( Victoria Healthcare Ltd )  has been added to the network of COVID 19 testing laboratories. As of 24 January 2021, test per case is 6.69 which indicates the number of tests required to identify 1 case.
[ Jan 2021, cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: The gender hub and GBV sub sector should press for the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner  ( RRRC )  to designate all critical GBV response services as essential  ( including Clinical Care for Sexual Assault Survivors, psychosocial support, and group sessions )  to allow for continuity of GBV services and information provision throughout the remainder of the COVID 19 response, in light of data suggesting an increase in prevalence while GBV services are unavailable. Implementing agencies should increase their focus on encouraging men and boys to engage in prevention activities.
[ 1st Jan  30th June 2021, Cox's Bazar ] Refugees: Due to increase in COVID 19 cases, countrywide lockdown with travel restrictions has impacted access to the refugee camps and continuity of delivery in WASH services.
[ Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Preliminary findings of the Refugee Influx Emergency Vulnerability Assessment  ( REVA IV )  indicated that 24 percent of refugee households and 30 percent of host community households reported increased vulnerability
[ Nov 2020, Bangladesh ]  The high percentage of beneficiaries who are accessing aid for the first time suggests that the UN agencies are reaching an under served beneficiary base. Of those beneficiaries who reported having prior access to similar aid: • only 3% said that they received the aid earlier than in previous floods • 4% said they received it later • 23% said it was neither earlier nor later
[ February 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  There are some host community people who used to have three meals per day, but now can't afford more than two meals.
[ 12th June  15th October 2020, Bangladesh ]  GBVSS partners disseminated messages on monsoon and cyclone emergency preparedness and response and GBV and COVID 19 prevention during the monsoon season via radio, household visits, loudspeakers, community sessions, and in mosques through religious leaders, reaching a cumulative total of 307,688 individuals including 185,973 females in camps and host communities
[ December 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  In December, the Government of Bangladesh relocated two groups of refugees, totaling 3,400 individuals, from the camps in Cox's Bazar to the island of Bhasan Char. The humanitarian community, which was not involved in the relocation process, has reiterated its readiness to undertake protection and technical assessments on the island, pending the approval of the Government, and engage in a constructive dialogue on the matter.
[ 23 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer, and others  ( LGBTQ+ )  rights are heavily suppressed, with homosexuality illegal under Bangladeshi law. Social attitudes toward homosexuality are conservative, and negative. In 2013, hijras, referring to transwomen  ( man towoman transsexual or transgender individuals )  were legally recognised as a separate gender by the Bangladeshi Government in addition to men and women.
[ 4th Jan  10th Jan, Cox's bazar ]  As of 03 January 2021, 5,429 cases and 73 deaths have been reported from host community in Cox's Bazar  ( 04 10 January 2021 )  there are 371 confirmed cases of COVID 19  ( SARS CoV 2 )  detected out of 24, 409 samples tested among Rohingya refugees. Last week, 4 new confirmed case detected from 1,011 samples tested, the test positivity was 0.4%. The overall positivity of samples tested is 1.5%. The cumulative incidence is 43.1 per 100,000 people. There is a total of 10 deaths from COVID 19 with the case fatality rate of 2.7%
[ 21st  27st February 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Over the week a number of people were arrested for illegal logging and illegal sand mining in the district. In addition, there have been a number of assaults and robberies.
[ 18th  31st January 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Eleven out of the 12 existing points of entry  ( PoE )  have been functional in different strategic locations around the camps. A total of 64 693 individuals have been screened during the reporting period. Staff continue to support the identification of febrile passengers and pedestrians whilst providing hygiene education related to COVID 19 health awareness and referring patients to nearby health facilities for medical assessment when having fever.
[ 27 May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  382 female participants, where women and girls expressed challenges with managing their periods in a culturally appropriate and digni ed way in the camps. When asked for recommendations, many women and girls who discussed MHM issues identi ed the need for an increase in quantity and frequency of reusable pads, soap, underwear and clothing, and expressed the need for better quality materials for reusable pads and underwear which is the correct size.4
[ 10 May, 2021, Bangladesh ]  5. Case Management and Infection Prevention & Control: According to DGHS, as of 09 May 2021, there are 12 059 general beds dedicated to COVID 19 treatment countrywide, 20.1%  ( 2,428 )  of which are occupied. 44.0% of the dedicated general beds are in Dhaka City. There are 1 069 dedicated ICU beds in the country, of which 37.9%  ( 405 )  are occupied; 70.4% of the dedicated ICU beds are in Dhaka City
[ 16th Feb 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The median age of tested and confirmed cases was 10  ( 0 120 )  & 18  ( 0 90 )  years and ratio of females among tested and confirmed cases was 55% and 53% respectively. Though the main age of tested samples was below 10 years, a significant proportion has been tested among 40+ years: 340 per 10 000 population, following that of 0 9 years with 490 tests per 10 000 population as highest number. The test positivity was highest 2% in 30 39 years age cohort followed by 1.7% in 40 49 years and the age specific mortality 0.67 per 10 000 population observed among 40+ years during the period.
[ May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Meanwhile, the Business Standard raised another public health concern in the district highlighting that an average of 500 patients was being treated for various heat related illnesses at the Sadar Hospital every day.