"As countries close their borders and ask their citizens to stay home to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, aid organizations warn that the impact of the virus on the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh “could be enormous.” On March 24, the first case was confirmed in the local community in Cox’s Bazar, and it is now only matter of time until the virus reaches the camps, exposing the most vulnerable. The so-called “social distancing” many countries are practicing to prevent COVID-19 seems a cruel joke to the million-plus Rohingyas who live in the overcrowded refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar. Most of them fled the Myanmar Army-led attacks in 2016 and 2017, and at present, are living in poor conditions without access to clean water or adequate sanitation, making them especially at risk of an outbreak. On March 11, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19, the disease caused by a novel strain of coronavirus, a pandemic. As of this writing there have been over 737,000 confirmed cases and more than 34,000 deaths in at least 177 countries. Bangladesh, home to 164.69 million people, has confirmed 49 cases and five deaths to date, but the critical believe those figures are underestimating the real impact. As has been demonstrated in more affected countries, the virus can spread rapidly and mostly undetected in the initial stages..."