Bangladesh locks down 5 Rohingya refugee camps near Myanmar border amid Covid-19 surge

Government officials

Government officials in Bangladesh have announced that almost 100,000 people living in five Rohingya refugee camps near its southeastern border with Myanmar will be forced into lockdown to control the spread of Covid-19.

The camps in the Ukhia and Teknaf areas of the Cox’s Bazar district saw 45 out of 247 tests for the virus come back as positive on Thursday, government official Shamsud Douza said.

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