In pictures: Covid-19 vaccination underway at Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps

Published at 03:52 pm August 12th, 2021

A Rohingya woman being inoculated against Covid-19 at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Allison Joyce/Dhaka Tribune
A vendor sells meat at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Allison Joyce/Dhaka Tribune
A Rohingya man being inoculated against Covid-19 at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Allison Joyce/Dhaka Tribune
Vendors sit in the rain as they wait for customers at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Allison Joyce/Dhaka Tribune
Rohingyas wait in queue to receive their Covid-19 jab at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Allison Joyce/Dhaka Tribune
A nurse prepares a syringe with Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre for Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Allison Joyce/Dhaka Tribune
A Rohingya man being inoculated against Covid-19 at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Allison Joyce/Dhaka Tribune
Rohingya refugee Romiza Begum breastfeeds her child at a camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021. Romiza is now sharing a temporary shelter with two other families after heavy rains, landslides, and floods destroyed her previous shelter two weeks ago. Allison Joyce/Dhaka Tribune
A child plays in a puddle during a rainstorm at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Allison Joyce/Dhaka Tribune
A senior Rohingya woman being inoculated against Covid-19 at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Allison Joyce/Dhaka Tribune
People walk through a marketplace at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Allison Joyce/Dhaka Tribune
Rohingyas walk through a road at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Allison Joyce/Dhaka Tribune

Bangladesh on Tuesday started vaccinating the Rohingya refugees living in camps in Cox's Bazar as part of the nationwide mass Covid-19 vaccination drive.

Rohingyas eligible for vaccination in the first phase will include some 48,000 individuals.

As many as 6,901 male and female refugees received the shots on the first day of the three-day program at 56 vaccination centres of 34 camps in Teknaf and Ukhiya.

However, the campaign may get extended by a couple more days if the desired number of Rohingyas is not vaccinated by Thursday.

These photos of the vaccination drive and regular life at the Rohingya camps were taken by photojournalist Allison Joyce for Dhaka Tribune on Wednesday, August 11, 2021.