Bangladesh’s government and aid agencies have started vaccinating Rohingya refugees as a virus surge raises health risks in the campsDHAKA,Bangladesh -- Bangladesh's government and aid agencies started vaccinating Rohingya refugees Tuesday as a virus surge raises health risks in the sprawling, cramped camps where more than 1 million people who fled Myanmar are sheltering. Rohingya community leaders, front-line health care volunteers in the camps, and Rohingya older than 55 are in the first group to be vaccinated. Over 65,000 of the nearly 900,000 refugees will be vaccinated in the first cohort, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said in an email to The Associated Press. Other Rohingya have lived in refugee camps in Bangladesh following earlier waves of persecution. While Bangladesh and Myanmar have sought to arrange repatriations, the Rohingya are too fearful to return home.

Source: ABC News August 10, 2021 04:49 UTC