Staff Reporter :
Thousands of Rohingya people who took shelter in Cox’s Bazar, a south eastern district, after fleeing persecution in neighboring Myanmar are at severe risk to be infected with coronavirus (Covid-19) as most of them have no clear information about the deadly disease, says a survey report.
“Most of the Rohingya people living in densely populated temporary camps in Cox’s Bazar have miss conception about the corona disease. Particularly, women and children in the Rohingya camps are most vulnerable to the disease,” said the survey report.
The survey report carried out jointly by non-governmental organization KNH Germany and
Samaj Kalyan O Unnayan Sangstha (SKUS) disclosed at a Meet the Press at Dhaka Reporters Unity on Thursday recommended taking massive awareness programme there to reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus pandemic among Rohingya people.
Two Rohingya people had been tested positive for Covid-19 for first time in the world’s largest camp of displaced people on May 14.
They were tested positive for Covid-19 after the entire camp area was cordoned off on March 14 only after 6 days first detection of Covid-19 patients in Bangladesh.
The survey report revealed that from among 931 responded people 30.1 per cent Rohingya people are yet to know about the corona disease, 44 per cent believe that it is air borne disease and 77 per cent think that washing hands by water or shop can protect them from the disease.
SKUS chairman Jesmin Prema read out the survey report while Country Coordinator of KNH Germany Maruf Rumi Momtaz, Programme Coordinator of KNH Md Moniruzzaman Mukul, National Coordinator of KNH Matilda Tina Baidya and President of Dhaka Reporters Unity spoke on the occasion.
In the five point recommendations, the survey report put emphasis on the need for taking a strong role by the directorate of health services to remove miss conception of Rohingya people about the disease and utilize the local media to create awareness among them.
Maruf Rumi Momtaz claimed that the survey report reflected the overall situation in regards to thoughts of Rohingya people as they carried out it through following a random selection process in the camp areas.
Replying to a question, he said there is no statistics to them as to how many Rohingya people have so far been infected with corona virus.
Thousands of Rohingya people who took shelter in Cox’s Bazar, a south eastern district, after fleeing persecution in neighboring Myanmar are at severe risk to be infected with coronavirus (Covid-19) as most of them have no clear information about the deadly disease, says a survey report.
“Most of the Rohingya people living in densely populated temporary camps in Cox’s Bazar have miss conception about the corona disease. Particularly, women and children in the Rohingya camps are most vulnerable to the disease,” said the survey report.
The survey report carried out jointly by non-governmental organization KNH Germany and
Samaj Kalyan O Unnayan Sangstha (SKUS) disclosed at a Meet the Press at Dhaka Reporters Unity on Thursday recommended taking massive awareness programme there to reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus pandemic among Rohingya people.
Two Rohingya people had been tested positive for Covid-19 for first time in the world’s largest camp of displaced people on May 14.
They were tested positive for Covid-19 after the entire camp area was cordoned off on March 14 only after 6 days first detection of Covid-19 patients in Bangladesh.
The survey report revealed that from among 931 responded people 30.1 per cent Rohingya people are yet to know about the corona disease, 44 per cent believe that it is air borne disease and 77 per cent think that washing hands by water or shop can protect them from the disease.
SKUS chairman Jesmin Prema read out the survey report while Country Coordinator of KNH Germany Maruf Rumi Momtaz, Programme Coordinator of KNH Md Moniruzzaman Mukul, National Coordinator of KNH Matilda Tina Baidya and President of Dhaka Reporters Unity spoke on the occasion.
In the five point recommendations, the survey report put emphasis on the need for taking a strong role by the directorate of health services to remove miss conception of Rohingya people about the disease and utilize the local media to create awareness among them.
Maruf Rumi Momtaz claimed that the survey report reflected the overall situation in regards to thoughts of Rohingya people as they carried out it through following a random selection process in the camp areas.
Replying to a question, he said there is no statistics to them as to how many Rohingya people have so far been infected with corona virus.
