First Bangladesh Rohingya tests COVID-19 positive

Dhaka: Bangladesh has confirmed the first coronavirus case among the Rohingya refugees after managing to keeping the crowded camps in the south of the country free from the disease for weeks. "Today we have found two cases in the refugee camp area. One of them is a refugee: a man in his 30s. We are trying to confirm the identity of the other person," Mahbubur Rahman, the health chief of Bangladesh's southern Cox's Bazar district, told Efe news on Thursday. (IANS)

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