Covid-19 and Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31436/id.v28i2.1671Abstract
Can Rohingya refugees in the camps maintain, despite their best
intentions, social or physical distance— the best way, so far, to slow the
spread of coronavirus? A severe hurricane suddenly joggled the planet.
We slept in one world and woke up in another. The Coronavirus made us
believe that great wars do not need great causes. As if we are fighting the
fire. Various contagious diseases claimed millions of lives throughout
human history (Ghendon, 1994). The stateless, migrants, displaced and
persecuted in their own countries are the most vulnerable ones to these
diseases. About 50 million people globally died of influenza pandemic
during 1918-1919 (Burnet & Clark, 1942). Spanish flu alone killed
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Published
2020-12-22
How to Cite
AKM Ahsan Ullah, Mallik Akram Hossain, & Diotima Chattoraj. (2020). Covid-19 and Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh. Intellectual Discourse, 28(2), 793–806. https://doi.org/10.31436/id.v28i2.1671
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