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Positive COVID-19 cases in world's largest refugee camp

Positive COVID-19 cases in world's largest refugee camp
About 1,900 other refugees are now being isolated for tests. [Image:BBC]

Two Rohingya refugees have tested positive for coronavirus in the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh, officials say.

A government doctor told the BBC News these are the first confirmed cases among refugees in Cox's Bazar, where around one million Rohingya are encamped.

Officials told the BBC that those infected were now being treated in isolation.

About 1,900 other refugees are now being isolated for tests.

The Rohingya in the crowded camps of Cox's Bazar have been living under lockdown since 14 March.

[Source:BBC]

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