The Inter Sector Coordination Group, which is coordinating between the international organisations working in the refugee camps, put the Rohingya population there at 957,000 in December 2018. But the refugee population fell down to 860,000 in July of 2020. BHASAN CHARThe government has plans to relocate a section of the Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char, a remote island in the Bay of Bengal. COVID-19The first COVID-19 patient in the Rohingya camps was identified two months after Bangladesh reported its first cases. However, it is important to develop the technical skills of the local staff at the field level, Shamsu Douza said.

Source: bd News24 October 08, 2020 21:56 UTC