Burma Human Rights Network’s report: “We also have dreams”
A young boy with a makeshift face mask in Camp-5
The outbreak of Covid-19 had a great impact on the refugee camps, though thankfully the number
of infections has remained relatively low since it first appeared in the camps. BHRN asked refugees
if they had received any supplies to help them prevent Covid and 75% said they had. Those who
received supplies were typically given soap, hand sanitizer, and sometimes face masks. The 25%
who did not receive any supplies should be cause for concern, where if the trend held at scale it
would mean hundreds of thousands never received any supplies to protect them from the virus.
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