The world’s largest refugee camp prepares for COVID-19

Author(s)
Vince, G.
Pages
2pp
Date published
26 Mar 2020
Publisher
BMJ
Type
Articles
Keywords
Epidemics & pandemics, Health, Refugee Camps
Countries
Bangladesh

Bangladesh, with its 168 million inhabitants, is one of the poorest and most densely populated countries in the world. Millions live cheek by jowl in slums, where 10 or more households share a toilet. People move around the country on packed buses, and still throng to markets and mosques. Last week, for instance, tens of thousands gathered in a field to pray for an end to covid-19.