Bangladesh reports first virus death in a refugee camp
A 71-year-old Rohingya man died from the coronavirus on May 31 while undergoing treatment at a refugee camp’s isolation center, a Bangladeshi official said.
The first death in the camps, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees live, escalated fears about a potentially devastating outbreak in a community confined to tightly packed tents and shacks. At least 29 Rohingya have tested positive for the coronavirus so far.
Here are the latest updates and maps of where the coronavirus has spread.
In other news:
■ The Indonesian government will not allow its citizens to attend this year’s hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, citing the pandemic.
■ The Hong Kong government extended restrictions on public gatherings and travelers as the city recorded new local infections.
■ Wuhan completed a push to test nearly 11 million residents in the span of a few weeks. The testing revealed no new symptomatic infections and about 300 asymptomatic infections.
■ South Korea reported 38 new cases, all but one in the Seoul metropolitan area.
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