Elders interviewed were aware that their age bracket faces higher risks of serious infection, and requested support from humanitarians for chronic conditions that leave them compromised. A 54-year-old woman shared the recent loss of her husband, a possible Covid-19 patient with preexisting conditions: We need soap for hand washing, a dust bin for keeping tidy, face masks, hand lotion and hand gloves. At the beginning when we arrived in Bangladesh, my husband’s leg was amputated because he suffered from cancer. He also suffered diabetes. After the lockdown we couldn't buy medicine from Cox's Bazar anymore due to the movement restrictions and our reduced income. After Coronavirus appeared in the camps my husband suffered from high fever, blood pressure and increased diabetes. After five days he passed away. So, I want to raise awareness everywhere about Coronavirus. People need to know how we can avoid and treat it. A 62-year-old man shared his own concerns about the virus due to his age: We definitely want assistance from humanitarian agencies to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. I am 62 years old and I am suffering from major diseases. I am afraid, because Coronavirus is a very dangerous virus. So I want to get help from any organization. I heard the disease immediately affects those who are more than 60 years old, so it is necessary for me to take very good care of myself. Some young respondents voiced doubts about the existence of Covid-19 and wanted humanitarian and government actors to understand their frustrations about lockdown. One 27-year-old Rohingya NGO volunteer denied Covid-19 was present in the camps and voiced doubts that more support from NGOs could be useful: We don't want any more assistance besides whatever we are receiving now. I don’t think the Coronavirus will come here, and I don’t think the supposed cases in the camps are real despite whatever is being said about it. I don't feel comfortable when I hear about this Coronavirus, so please don't ask me anything more about it. To me, talking about the Coronavirus is like speaking some sort of gibberish. A male NGO volunteer, a 25 years old living in Camp 1W, lamented various impacts of the Covid-19 lockdown, and like many respondents, iterated that his overall concern is about whether displaced Rohingya will be able to repatriate back to Myanmar: 20

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