And it won’t do Bangladesh any good to allow Cox’s Bazar to become an epicentre of infectious disease. In conditions like those the Rohingya are living in, in Cox’s Bazar, containing the disease will be virtually impossible, once it appears. For that reason alone, as heartbreaking as it was, it was the right thing to do to put Cox’s Bazar in lockdown. In other words, in conditions such as those in Cox’s Bazar, mortality rates could easily reach 20%. But if Rohingya start to flee Cox’s Bazar in numbers, what then?

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 12, 2020 12:11 UTC