Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh at risk of COVID-19 infection

Activists are warning that conditions at crowded camps in southeast Bangladesh are leaving a million Rohingya refugees at risk of contracting the virus.
30 March 2020 13 hours ago

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Activists are warning that conditions at crowded camps in southeast Bangladesh are leaving a million Rohingya refugees at risk of contracting the new coronavirus.
Internet shutdown in and around the camps is making the situation even more dangerous.
Al Jazeera's Mohammed Jamjoom reports.

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