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Bangladesh faces twin crises as coronavirus deals new blow to flood-battered nation
Published Mon, Sep 14 202012:05 AM EDTUpdated Mon, Sep 14 202012:23 AM EDT
Kendrea Liew
Key Points
In addition to battling its heaviest rainfall in recent years, Bangladesh is also struggling to contain the coronavirus outbreak that has hampered recovery efforts and dealt a blow to job prospects.
The people who are most vulnerable to the Covid-19 pandemic are the same people who are “living on the front lines of climate change,” said Afsari Begum, senior specialist for disaster risk reduction at the development charity, Practical Action.
When Bangladesh reopened hundreds of garment factories in April, thousands of desperate workers flocked back to overcrowded industrial areas, including the capital of Dhaka, which currently has the bulk of the country’s reported coronavirus infections.
Bangladesh is confronting a twin crisis of extreme weather disasters, and a pandemic that’s killed thousands so far.
In addition to battling its heaviest rainfall in recent years, the South Asian nation is also struggling to contain the coronavirus outbreak that has hampered recovery efforts and dealt a blow to job prospects.
The people who are most vulnerable to the Covid-19 pandemic are the same people who are “living on the front lines of climate change,” Afsari Begum, senior specialist for disaster risk reduction at the development charity, Practical Action, told CNBC.
“We’re concerned that a lot of people will be pushed further into poverty because of Coronavirus. If communities are battered by intense storms and floods that destroy or damage homes, agricultural land, schools and hospitals, it will only make things worse,” she said in a report commissioned by the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance, which aims to help countries build their flood resilience...
Bangladesh faces twin crises as coronavirus deals new blow to flood-battered nation
Published Mon, Sep 14 202012:05 AM EDTUpdated Mon, Sep 14 202012:23 AM EDT
Kendrea Liew
Key Points
In addition to battling its heaviest rainfall in recent years, Bangladesh is also struggling to contain the coronavirus outbreak that has hampered recovery efforts and dealt a blow to job prospects.
The people who are most vulnerable to the Covid-19 pandemic are the same people who are “living on the front lines of climate change,” said Afsari Begum, senior specialist for disaster risk reduction at the development charity, Practical Action.
When Bangladesh reopened hundreds of garment factories in April, thousands of desperate workers flocked back to overcrowded industrial areas, including the capital of Dhaka, which currently has the bulk of the country’s reported coronavirus infections.
Bangladesh is confronting a twin crisis of extreme weather disasters, and a pandemic that’s killed thousands so far.
In addition to battling its heaviest rainfall in recent years, the South Asian nation is also struggling to contain the coronavirus outbreak that has hampered recovery efforts and dealt a blow to job prospects.
The people who are most vulnerable to the Covid-19 pandemic are the same people who are “living on the front lines of climate change,” Afsari Begum, senior specialist for disaster risk reduction at the development charity, Practical Action, told CNBC.
“We’re concerned that a lot of people will be pushed further into poverty because of Coronavirus. If communities are battered by intense storms and floods that destroy or damage homes, agricultural land, schools and hospitals, it will only make things worse,” she said in a report commissioned by the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance, which aims to help countries build their flood resilience...
