
[ Cox’s Bazar, BANGLADESH ] Three-year-old Ismat was brought to the Rohingya camp’s health care facility in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, for a COVID-19 test on 21st July 2020 because her mother, Sanowara, suspected that both her daughters were infected, after coming in contact with her father-in-law, who has tested positive and was in isolation. As of 23 August 2020, six Rohingya refugees had died from COVID-19, and 88 members of the community had tested positive for the virus. However, these numbers were based on tests conducted on 3,931 refugees, which is less than one percent of the Rohingya population in the camps.