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CARE Opens 40-bed Isolation Center for Rohingya Refugees as COVID Cases Surge in Bangladesh

July 30, 2021

Humanitarian organization CARE is opening a 40-bed COVID isolation center in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh on 1 August 2021. With the country currently in the grip of its most severe COVID surge since the pandemic began, and monsoon flooding forcing many Rohingya refugees to shelter in communal facilities, the center comes at a critical time.  

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As severe flooding devastates Cox’s Bazar, 32 humanitarian agencies call for urgent funding in Bangladesh

July 29, 2021

July 29 2021 - Conditions in the Rohingya refugee camps and the surrounding areas in Cox’s Bazar District are deteriorating as a result of several days of heavy monsoon rainfall across southern Bangladesh, which is expected to continue for the next 48hours. In the Rohingya refugee camps, thousands of shelters have been damaged and flooded, low-lying areas have also been flooded, and landslides have been reported.

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