Showing posts with label quarantined. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quarantined. Show all posts

Monday, June 1, 2020

Rohingya man missing from quarantine centre in Tanjung Rambutan

THE MALAYSIA INSIGHT
1 Jun 2020
POLICE are searching for a Rohingya man who reportedly escaped from a quarantine centre at the Health Ministry’s Malaysia’s Training Institute in Tanjung Rambutan yesterday. Ipoh district police chief A. Asmadi Abdul Aziz said Rohim Mohd Zokoria, 27, was found missing when a ministry staffer was monitoring those quarantined at block E-2-83 of the facility at about 11am
 

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

15,000 Rohingya under quarantine as coronavirus cases rise

Aljazeera
2May 2020


Three sections of camps in Bangladesh blocked off by authorities after confirmed infections among refugees hit


At least 15,000 Rohingya refugees are under quarantine in Bangladesh's vast camps, as the number of confirmed coronavirus infections there rose to 29.

Health experts have long warned that the virus could race through the cramped settlements, housing almost a million Rohingya who fled violence in Myanmar, and officials had restricted movement in the area in April.

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Dozens of refugees stranded at sea to be quarantined on controversial island

Concerns raised after Rohingya quarantined on Bangladeshi island

Aljazeera
5,May 2020

HRW says relocation of 29 Rohingya to flood-prone Bhasan Char island without access to aid poses risk to refugees.
Authorities said the 29 Rohingya were relocated to the controversial Bhasan Char island to prevent coronavirus outbreak in the refugee camps [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]
Rights groups and aid agencies have raised concerns after dozens of stranded Rohingya refugees, who landed at Bangladesh's southern coast at the weekend, were sent to an inhabitable island in the Bay of Bengal.