Coronavirus' first cases confirmed at the largest refugee camp in the world

These are the first confirmed cases among refugees at the Roingya camp, a government doctor said.

Officials told the BBC that infected persons have been isolated and treated by medical teams.

Some 1,900 other refugees are now being isolated and tested in the camp that holds about 1 million people.

Humanitarian agencies have been warning for weeks about the potential impact of the Coronavirus on the Ringya refugee camp, which live in poor, blocked conditions and have limited access to clean water.

Now that the virus has entered the world's largest refugee settlement, we are making a prediction that thousands of people can die from Covid-19”, said Shamim Yahan, director of the humanitarian organisation Save the Children in Bangladesh.

This pandemic can turn Bangladesh back for decades”, he said.

In 2017 alone, about 740,000 Muslims Ringya fled Myanmar to Bangladesh, saying that the army burned their villages, expelled them, and tortured them.

Myanmar, also known as Burma, is a popular Buddhist country.