Two residents of the world’s largest refugee camp at Kutupalong tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, said Mahbub Alam Talukder, the refugee, relief and repatriation commissioner. The camps were put on lockdown along with entire Cox’s Bazar district on Mar 11 after Bangladesh had reported the first coronavirus cases. Md Nikaruzzaman, the chief executive officer of Ukhiya Upazila administration, said one of the infected people was a refugee, but the other person was not Rohingya. He said the authorities were tracing close contacts of the infected refugee. Cox’s Bazar Civil Surgeon Mahbubur Rahman, however said, 12 new coronavirus cases were reported in the district and two of them were Rohingya.

Source: bd News24 May 14, 2020 14:53 UTC