Our Correspondent :
Three more Rohingya people have tested positive for the deadly conronavirus in Cox’s Bazar, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 4 from the community.
Cox’s Bazar Medical College Principal Professor Dr Anupom Barua confirmed the matter on Friday.
The infected Rohinya people, who live in the overcrowded refugee camps in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar, are currently being treated in Balukhali isolation centre.
Anupom Barua said health authorities collected samples from 184 suspected Covid-19 patients on Thursday to run tests for coronavirus.
Among them, 23 people, including 3 Rohingya men tested positive for the Covid-19
on Friday, said Anupom Barua.
The samples were collected from eight upazilas of Cox’s Bazar, 34 Rohingya camps, Naikhongchari upazila of Bandarban and Lohagora upazila of Chittagong, added Anupom Barua.
Earlier, on Thursday, the overcrowded Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar reported the first case of Covid-19.
Meanwhile, a total of 1,275 Rohingya families at Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila have been placed in quarantine after the first Covid-19 positive case was detected at the camp on Friday.
About 5,000 people will have to stay indoors until further notice and will be provided with necessary supplies during the lockdown period, Dr Abu Toha Rezwan Bhuiyan, chief health coordinator of Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner’s Office (RRRC), told the media.
The whole Block-F of Kutupalong Lambashia’s Rohingya Camp-1 has been placed under lockdown, Dr Abu Toha said.
Meanwhile, the first coronavirus-infected Rohingya refugee at Ukhiya camp in Cox’s Bazar is being treated at the camp’s isolation centre, run by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
The refugee was taken to the IOM’s isolation centre at Kutupalong Lambashia’s Rohingya Camp-2, reports our Cox’s Bazar correspondent quoting Dr Abu Toha.
The seven members of the patient’s family were also kept under surveillance by a team of experts from IOM.
The team is training the family members on how to stay in quarantine and practise distancing, the RRRC official said, adding that their samples will be collected and sent for coronavirus tests later in the day.
The team of experts from the IOM is also trying to find out the source of the virus in the camp, Dr Abu Toha added.
