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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2022
ICRC donates tents and Covid-19 prevention essentials to Dhaka central jail

Covid-19 in Bangladesh

TBS Report
29 July, 2020, 05:35 pm
Last modified: 29 July, 2020, 05:38 pm

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ICRC donates tents and Covid-19 prevention essentials to Dhaka central jail

Besides this, work is under way to launch a 70-bed isolation centre in the central jail of Keraniganj

TBS Report
29 July, 2020, 05:35 pm
Last modified: 29 July, 2020, 05:38 pm
ICRC donates tents and Covid-19 prevention essentials to Dhaka central jail

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has donated five tents for housing guards at the Dhaka Central Jail and has set up hygiene facilities and power supply, while supporting the centre with disinfection materials and personal protection equipment (PPE).

The ICRC further extended its support to the Prisons Directorate by setting up three focal Covid-19 isolation facilities, reflected in the technical cooperation, the management of infrastructure and services in Feni and Kishoreganj isolation centres said a press release issued by ICRC on Wednesday.

Besides this, work is under way to launch a 70-bed isolation centre in the central jail of Keraniganj.

The support includes designing and implementing the rehabilitation of the centres, providing technical support to establish guidelines and implementing infection prevention and control measures the release added.

Basic medical and sanitation equipment, as well as furniture, have also been provided.

Henning Krause, Protection Coordinator of ICRC Bangladesh, said, "Since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak in Bangladesh, we managed to identify quite early the major needs of the response to the pandemic in the prisons and have actively engaged with the Prisons Directorate to assist the detainees and PD staff members."

The Inspector General (IG) of Prisons, Brigadier General (Brig Gen) AKM Mustafa Kamal Pasha, expressed gratitude and appreciation to the ICRC for its efforts to strengthen the awareness and preparedness of the Prisons Directorate regarding a possible outbreak.

Brig Gen Pasha said, "The ICRC has actively intervened with assistance and support of our response in confronting Covid-19. We look forward to cooperating for prisoners' health care in the future as well".

The ICRC has focused its activities in prisons due to their particular vulnerability in the face of a pandemic, and its priority has been to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 among the detainees and staff.

Infection prevention and control measures to tackle the spread of coronavirus have been key, and the ICRC team has developed guidelines, training sessions and standard operational procedures in line with the National Preparedness and Response Plan.

Two batches of sanitation and hygiene materials were delivered to all 68 prisons in April and May 2020 to support them in their efforts, said the release.

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) / Prisons Directorate / Dhaka Central Jail

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