Dhaka: The Bangladeshi government and aid agency began to vaccinate Rohingya refugees on Tuesday because the virus surge caused health risks in narrow narrow camps where more than 1 million people escaped from Myanmar took refuge.
Delta variant that greatly transplants to encourage a surge in infection in Bangladesh, with around 20,000 infections and 200 deaths recorded so far in Bazar Cox Regency, the southern region which borders Myanmar where refugee camps are located.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Activities said the national leading level of around 30% indicated that the spread of Covid-19 was much higher, especially with narrow conditions and the risks faced by many people who lived in refugee camps.
The Office of Government Civil Surgeons at Bazaar Cox and aid agency began a vaccination campaign in 34 camps with Bangladesh National Vaccination efforts.
About 500 Red Crescent Staff Bangladesh and Volunteers joined health workers for the campaign in collaboration with the UN.’s refugee body, according to a statement from the International Agency.
Rohingya community leader, volunteer of frontline health care in camps, and Rohingya older than 55 is in the first group to be vaccinated.
More than 65,000 from nearly 900,000 refugees will be vaccinated in the first cohort, U.N.
High Commissioner for refugees said in email to the Associated Press.
“Covid-19 has spread throughout the world.
We came here to get vaccinations for our protection so it didn’t endanger us, ” Nurul Islam, 65, said in a camp at Ukhiya at Cox’s Bazar, when he was waiting for a shot with hundreds of other refugees .
Bangladesh has reported more than 1.3 million infections, including 22,897 deaths from Covid-19 since the pandemic begins.
Experts say that the full victims can be reported, because many people don’t die before and many others die before tested.
Across the border area.
The country with India, infection from the Delta variant has spread amid fears that the lack of awareness of masks and maintenance of other health guidelines can cause the Covid-19 situation that deteriorates in a densely populated country.
Less than 5% of the population of 160 million people in this country fully vaccinated.
The initial campaign was interrupted in April when India stopped exporting US vaccines Trazeneca to Bangladesh, which has made a 30 m purchase agreement for 30 m.
Dosage of Ilmion.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina supports its efforts to get a vaccine from other sources, especially China, and start a new round of vaccination nationally starting last weekend.
This country is now a good vaccine stock, most of China’s synopharm.
Officials said more than 3 million people received shots in the first two days of the new campaign.
More than 700,000 Rohingya escaped from Myanmar the majority of Buddhists in 2017 as a harsh manner of a military harshly turned off against ethnic groups after attacks with rebels.
Other Rohingya has lived in refugee camps in Bangladesh following the waves of previous persecution.
The 2017 crackdown includes rape, murder and torch thousands of houses, and is called ethnic cleaning by the global rights and the United Nations.
While Bangladesh and Myanmar seeks to regulate repatriation, Rohingya is too afraid to return home.
Bangladeshved to vaccinate Rohingya refugees amid a surge in viruses
