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7900 tests were performed . So infection rate is is not increasing. Death is unfortunate no doubt if it is a single death!
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CoronaVirus in Bangladesh - Updates & Discussion
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Govt to extend general holiday till May 30
Movement of vehicles will be strictly monitored during the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday
As the number of Covid-19 cases and deaths are on the rise in Bangladesh, the government has decided to extend the duration of the ongoing general holiday till May 30 to curb the transmission of coronavirus.
Farhad Hossain, state minister for Public Administration, told UNB that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed to extend the holidays.
A gazette notification will be issued on Wednesday or Thursday in this regard, he said.
“Strict restrictions will be imposed on transportation,” Farhad said adding that no vehicle will be allowed to run on roads four days before Eid-ul-Fitr and two days after it, except emergency services.
In addition, government employees cannot leave their respective stations, he added.
The movement of vehicles will also be strictly monitored during the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, said Farhad.
On March 23, the government declared a general holiday from March 26 to April 4 to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Later, the shutdown was extended in six phases. A notification on April 25 included a directive that all the ministries, divisions, and their subordinate offices involved in providing emergency services will remain open on a limited scale during the extended general holidays.
On the same day, the Public Administration Ministry said government offices at division, district, and upazila levels under 18 ministries and divisions will remain open on a limited scale.
The government closed all educational institutions and shut down rail, road, river, and air communications to prevent the spread of the highly contagious virus.
Amid high risk of coronavirus transmission, some garment factories reopened on April 26 and factory owners claimed they were operating with workers available in Dhaka maintaining hygiene issues.
Bangladesh confirmed 17,822 coronavirus cases and 269 deaths until Wednesday.
Till now, the fast spreading coronavirus has claimed more than 294,414 lives and infected more than 4,374,914 people across the world, according to worldometer.
As many as 1,622,069 people have recovered from Covid-19, a disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus, which has spread to 212 countries and territories across the planet.
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Movement of vehicles will be strictly monitored during the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday
As the number of Covid-19 cases and deaths are on the rise in Bangladesh, the government has decided to extend the duration of the ongoing general holiday till May 30 to curb the transmission of coronavirus.
Farhad Hossain, state minister for Public Administration, told UNB that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed to extend the holidays.
A gazette notification will be issued on Wednesday or Thursday in this regard, he said.
“Strict restrictions will be imposed on transportation,” Farhad said adding that no vehicle will be allowed to run on roads four days before Eid-ul-Fitr and two days after it, except emergency services.
In addition, government employees cannot leave their respective stations, he added.
The movement of vehicles will also be strictly monitored during the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, said Farhad.
On March 23, the government declared a general holiday from March 26 to April 4 to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Later, the shutdown was extended in six phases. A notification on April 25 included a directive that all the ministries, divisions, and their subordinate offices involved in providing emergency services will remain open on a limited scale during the extended general holidays.
On the same day, the Public Administration Ministry said government offices at division, district, and upazila levels under 18 ministries and divisions will remain open on a limited scale.
The government closed all educational institutions and shut down rail, road, river, and air communications to prevent the spread of the highly contagious virus.
Amid high risk of coronavirus transmission, some garment factories reopened on April 26 and factory owners claimed they were operating with workers available in Dhaka maintaining hygiene issues.
Bangladesh confirmed 17,822 coronavirus cases and 269 deaths until Wednesday.
Till now, the fast spreading coronavirus has claimed more than 294,414 lives and infected more than 4,374,914 people across the world, according to worldometer.
As many as 1,622,069 people have recovered from Covid-19, a disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus, which has spread to 212 countries and territories across the planet.
https://www.dhakatribune.com/health...SbSzUWXiL8IPiWPISrynX68p3IAgDKfHNIb3gxCtG-ZJI
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Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 14 deaths, 1,041 cases in 24hrs
Md Saidun Nabi
The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases surpassed the 18,000-mark, climbing to 18,863 with the additional cases
Bangladesh has reported 14 more deaths from Covid-19 cases with 1,041 people testing positive in the last 24-hours.
With the latest figures, the country's Covid-19 death toll has risen to 283.
The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases on Thursday surpassed the 18,000-mark, climbing to 18,863 with the additional cases.
Prof Nasima Sultana, additional director general (Add DG-administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), revealed the country's latest Covid-19 figures through a daily online bulletin from Dhaka on Thursday.
Of the deceased, three were female and the rest were male.
As many as 7,837 samples were collected and 7,392 were tested in the last 24-hours. A total of 151,930 tests have been conducted till date, she said.
On Wednesday, Bangladesh recorded the highest Covid-19 daily death toll and cases tally -- with 19 deaths and 1,162 cases.
On March 8, the health authorities in Bangladesh reported the first case of Covid-19, a severe acute respiratory illness caused by a new strain of coronavirus, Sars-CoV-2.
Till now, the fast spreading coronavirus has claimed more than 298,320 lives and infected more than 4,442,410 people across the world, according to worldometer.
As many as 1,668,240 people have recovered from Covid-19, a disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus, which has spread to 213 countries and territories across the planet.
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- Published at 02:39 pm May 14th, 2020
The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases surpassed the 18,000-mark, climbing to 18,863 with the additional cases
Bangladesh has reported 14 more deaths from Covid-19 cases with 1,041 people testing positive in the last 24-hours.
With the latest figures, the country's Covid-19 death toll has risen to 283.
The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases on Thursday surpassed the 18,000-mark, climbing to 18,863 with the additional cases.
Prof Nasima Sultana, additional director general (Add DG-administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), revealed the country's latest Covid-19 figures through a daily online bulletin from Dhaka on Thursday.
Of the deceased, three were female and the rest were male.
As many as 7,837 samples were collected and 7,392 were tested in the last 24-hours. A total of 151,930 tests have been conducted till date, she said.
On Wednesday, Bangladesh recorded the highest Covid-19 daily death toll and cases tally -- with 19 deaths and 1,162 cases.
On March 8, the health authorities in Bangladesh reported the first case of Covid-19, a severe acute respiratory illness caused by a new strain of coronavirus, Sars-CoV-2.
Till now, the fast spreading coronavirus has claimed more than 298,320 lives and infected more than 4,442,410 people across the world, according to worldometer.
As many as 1,668,240 people have recovered from Covid-19, a disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus, which has spread to 213 countries and territories across the planet.
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Covid-19: total infection number crosses 20,000, 15 die in 24 hours
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Fifteen people have died with coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours while the total number of infected has crossed the grim milestone of 20,000, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.
The death toll now stands at 298, said Prof Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of DGHS, during a briefing.
1,202 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of infected has reached 20,065.
A total of 8,582 samples were tested, the highest so far, in 41 labs across the country since yesterday, Dr Nasima said.
Meanwhile 279 Covid-19 patients recovered since yesterday. The total number of recovered patients now stands at 3,882, the DGHS official added.
PS: @UKBengali , you fron 4/5 dasy the infection rate is 14% . More tests are done so more infection , with slight increase than [past days that was 12% . It's not so bad right ?
I think we are on right tract. relaxing lockdown did not back fire ( we can safely ignore media rant ) .
Covid-19: total infection number crosses 20,000, 15 die in 24 hours
Star Online Report
Fifteen people have died with coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours while the total number of infected has crossed the grim milestone of 20,000, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.
The death toll now stands at 298, said Prof Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of DGHS, during a briefing.
1,202 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of infected has reached 20,065.
A total of 8,582 samples were tested, the highest so far, in 41 labs across the country since yesterday, Dr Nasima said.
Meanwhile 279 Covid-19 patients recovered since yesterday. The total number of recovered patients now stands at 3,882, the DGHS official added.
PS: @UKBengali , you fron 4/5 dasy the infection rate is 14% . More tests are done so more infection , with slight increase than [past days that was 12% . It's not so bad right ?
I think we are on right tract. relaxing lockdown did not back fire ( we can safely ignore media rant ) .
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And how does that benefit common people of BD !! It seems the establishment is rather following Modi’s declaration and announcing our general holidays after they don.
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I would say that the lockdown is only to save the rich who do not need money to buy everyday goods . You see for govt holiday govt employees will be at home but will get paid . But private employees with low salary are suffering extremely . Small business men too are suffering .Nobody cares!
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1st COVID-19 case detected in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh
Aid workers warn of potential humanitarian disaster if there is a significant outbreak in camps
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A health worker from an aid organization walks wearing a hazmat suit at the Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on April 15. Authorities on Thursday reported the first coronavirus case in the crowded camps for Rohingya refugees in southern Bangladesh. (Shafiqur Rahman/The Associated Press)
The novel coronavirus has been detected in one of the southern Bangladesh camps that are home to more than a million Rohingya refugees, officials said on Thursday, as humanitarian groups warned the infection could devastate the crowded settlement.
An ethnic Rohingya refugee and another person have tested positive for COVID-19, a senior Bangladeshi official and a UN spokesperson said. It was the first confirmed case in camps more densely populated than most crowded cities on Earth.
"Today they have been taken to an isolation centre after they tested positive," Mahbub Alam Talukder, the refugee relief and repatriation commissioner, told Reuters by phone.
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The other patient was from the "host population," a term usually referring to local residents outside the camps, the UN spokesperson said.
Coronavirus infections have been gathering pace in recent days in Bangladesh, which has reported 18,863 cases of COVID-19 and 283 deaths.
Aid workers have warned of a potential humanitarian disaster if there is a significant outbreak in the refugee camps outside Cox's Bazar.
Dr. Shamim Jahan, Save the Children's health director in Bangladesh, said in a statement the virus already had overwhelmed the country.
"There are only an estimated 2,000 ventilators in all of Bangladesh, serving a population of 160 million people. In the Rohingya refugee camps — home to nearly a million people — there are no intensive care beds at this moment," he said.
A Rohingya refugee walks at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on March 7, 2019. (Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)
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"Now that the virus has entered the world's largest refugee settlement in Cox's Bazar, we are looking at the very real prospect that thousands of people may die from COVID-19. This pandemic could set Bangladesh back by decades."
U.S. ambassador at large for international religious freedom, Sam Brownback, told Washington reporters by phone: "I've been to the refugee camp. It is (so) incredibly crowded that the COVID virus will spread through there very rapidly, unfortunately. They have to have access to adequate health care."
Disease could 'devastate' refugee population
Health facilities lack staff and space, while people in the camps do not have enough soap and water or space to protect themselves, said Manish Agrawal, Bangladesh country director at the International Rescue Committee.
"Here, people are living 40,000 to 70,000 people per square kilometre. That's at least 1.6 times the population density on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship, where the disease spread four times as fast than in Wuhan at the peak of the outbreak," he said.
"Without efforts to increase health-care access, improve sanitation, isolate suspected cases and decongest the camp, the disease will devastate the refugee and local population here, where there is a much lower standard of living and a higher rate of existing illness that make refugees more susceptible to the virus."
More than 730,000 Rohingya arrived from Myanmar in late 2017 after fleeing a military crackdown. Myanmar is facing charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice in the Hague over the violence. The army denies genocide, saying it was fighting a legitimate battle against Rohingya militants who attacked first.
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Aid workers warn of potential humanitarian disaster if there is a significant outbreak in camps
Reuters
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A health worker from an aid organization walks wearing a hazmat suit at the Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on April 15. Authorities on Thursday reported the first coronavirus case in the crowded camps for Rohingya refugees in southern Bangladesh. (Shafiqur Rahman/The Associated Press)
The novel coronavirus has been detected in one of the southern Bangladesh camps that are home to more than a million Rohingya refugees, officials said on Thursday, as humanitarian groups warned the infection could devastate the crowded settlement.
An ethnic Rohingya refugee and another person have tested positive for COVID-19, a senior Bangladeshi official and a UN spokesperson said. It was the first confirmed case in camps more densely populated than most crowded cities on Earth.
"Today they have been taken to an isolation centre after they tested positive," Mahbub Alam Talukder, the refugee relief and repatriation commissioner, told Reuters by phone.
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The other patient was from the "host population," a term usually referring to local residents outside the camps, the UN spokesperson said.
Coronavirus infections have been gathering pace in recent days in Bangladesh, which has reported 18,863 cases of COVID-19 and 283 deaths.
Aid workers have warned of a potential humanitarian disaster if there is a significant outbreak in the refugee camps outside Cox's Bazar.
Dr. Shamim Jahan, Save the Children's health director in Bangladesh, said in a statement the virus already had overwhelmed the country.
"There are only an estimated 2,000 ventilators in all of Bangladesh, serving a population of 160 million people. In the Rohingya refugee camps — home to nearly a million people — there are no intensive care beds at this moment," he said.
A Rohingya refugee walks at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on March 7, 2019. (Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)
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"Now that the virus has entered the world's largest refugee settlement in Cox's Bazar, we are looking at the very real prospect that thousands of people may die from COVID-19. This pandemic could set Bangladesh back by decades."
U.S. ambassador at large for international religious freedom, Sam Brownback, told Washington reporters by phone: "I've been to the refugee camp. It is (so) incredibly crowded that the COVID virus will spread through there very rapidly, unfortunately. They have to have access to adequate health care."
Disease could 'devastate' refugee population
Health facilities lack staff and space, while people in the camps do not have enough soap and water or space to protect themselves, said Manish Agrawal, Bangladesh country director at the International Rescue Committee.
"Here, people are living 40,000 to 70,000 people per square kilometre. That's at least 1.6 times the population density on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship, where the disease spread four times as fast than in Wuhan at the peak of the outbreak," he said.
"Without efforts to increase health-care access, improve sanitation, isolate suspected cases and decongest the camp, the disease will devastate the refugee and local population here, where there is a much lower standard of living and a higher rate of existing illness that make refugees more susceptible to the virus."
More than 730,000 Rohingya arrived from Myanmar in late 2017 after fleeing a military crackdown. Myanmar is facing charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice in the Hague over the violence. The army denies genocide, saying it was fighting a legitimate battle against Rohingya militants who attacked first.
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Coronavirus death toll in Bangladesh crosses 300
930 new cases, 16 deaths reported in 24 hrs
Sixteen more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours until Saturday, taking the death toll to 314.
Besides, 930 new patients tested positive during the same period, raising the number of such cases to 20,995.
Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana came up with the disclosure at its daily online briefing.
In the last 24 hours, 32 coronavirus testing laboratories across the country tested 6782 samples, she added.
She also said that in the last 24 hours, 235 coronavirus-infected people made full recovery in the country.
The global death toll from coronavirus reached 308,807 as of Saturday.
According to worldometer data, 4,639,157 cases have so far been confirmed since the virus was first reported in China in December last year. So far, 1,766,039 people have recovered.
Of those infected, 2,564,311 are currently being treated and 45,014 of them are in serious or critical condition.
The World Health Organisation declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11. Bangladesh confirmed its first coronavirus cases on March 8 and the first death on March 18.
To cope with the worsening coronavirus situation, the government on Thursday extended general holidays further until May 30.
The Roads and Highways Division (RHD) said the public transport services will also remain suspended until May 30.
930 new cases, 16 deaths reported in 24 hrs
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Sixteen more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours until Saturday, taking the death toll to 314.
Besides, 930 new patients tested positive during the same period, raising the number of such cases to 20,995.
Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana came up with the disclosure at its daily online briefing.
In the last 24 hours, 32 coronavirus testing laboratories across the country tested 6782 samples, she added.
She also said that in the last 24 hours, 235 coronavirus-infected people made full recovery in the country.
The global death toll from coronavirus reached 308,807 as of Saturday.
According to worldometer data, 4,639,157 cases have so far been confirmed since the virus was first reported in China in December last year. So far, 1,766,039 people have recovered.
Of those infected, 2,564,311 are currently being treated and 45,014 of them are in serious or critical condition.
The World Health Organisation declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11. Bangladesh confirmed its first coronavirus cases on March 8 and the first death on March 18.
To cope with the worsening coronavirus situation, the government on Thursday extended general holidays further until May 30.
The Roads and Highways Division (RHD) said the public transport services will also remain suspended until May 30.
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A lot of people are losing their jobs . Many those are employed will not get full salary or eid bonus .
economic devastation that is being caused by this lockdown is unprecedent for the small business owners and private service holders . It will take a long time to recover for them .
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Single-day highest 22 deaths from coronavirus, 1773 new cases
Bangladesh today confirmed single-day highest 22 more deaths from the novel coronavirus and 1773 new cases of infection testing 10,262 samples in the last 24 hours.
With this, the death toll from the deadly virus rose to 408 and the number of total infections stood at 28,511.
Additional Director General of Health Directorate Professor Dr Nasima Sultana made the disclosure during a virtual briefing today.
The virus has killed 329,903 people globally and infected 5,101,473 so far.
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Bangladesh today confirmed single-day highest 22 more deaths from the novel coronavirus and 1773 new cases of infection testing 10,262 samples in the last 24 hours.
With this, the death toll from the deadly virus rose to 408 and the number of total infections stood at 28,511.
Additional Director General of Health Directorate Professor Dr Nasima Sultana made the disclosure during a virtual briefing today.
The virus has killed 329,903 people globally and infected 5,101,473 so far.
https://tbsnews.net/coronavirus-chr...-highest-22-deaths-coronavirus-1773-new-cases
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Bangladesh's coronavirus cases jump to 32,078
1,873 new cases, 20 deaths reported in 24 hours
The confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh rose to 32,078 on Saturday after the health authorities announced the detection of 1,873 new cases.
The national death tally went up to 452 with another 20 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana came up with the disclosure at the daily health bulletin.
In the last 24 hours, 47 coronavirus testing laboratories across the country tested 10,834 samples, she added.
During the period, Dr Nasima said, 296 coronavirus-infected people recovered fully in the country which upped the total number of recoveries to 6,486.
Against the total number of detected cases, the recovery rate is 20.22 percent while the mortality rate 1.41 percent in Bangladesh, Dr Nasima said.
Previously, Bangladesh reported the single-day record number of new coronavirus cases of 1,773 on Thursday.
Among the deceased, 16 were male and four were female. “Four died in Dhaka division, eight in Chattogram division, two each in Rangpur, Rajshahi and Mymensingh divisions, and one each in Sylhet and Khulna divisions,” Dr Nasima said.
Of the 22 victims, 15 died at hospitals and four at homes while another was declared brought dead at hospital.
Among the newly deceased patients, Dr Nasima said, 12 were aged above 50.
“Their age analysis says, two were aged between 21 and 30 years, three between 31 and 40, three between 41 and 50, eight between 51 and 60, three between 61 and 70, and another between 71 and 80 years,” she said.
Across the country, 286 more people were taken to isolation in the last 24 hours while 2,322 were home and institutionally quarantined during the period.
The country has seen a spike in the number of new cases and deaths in recent weeks.
On Friday, the DGHS said 1,694 new cases and 24 deaths were recorded.
Since coronavirus was first reported in China in December last year, there have been more than 5.2 million cases globally, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Coronavirus was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11.
The virus outbreak dealt a heavy blow to the global economy, disrupting the supply chain and forcing countries to go into prolonged lockdowns.
Bangladesh government declared a general holiday since March 26 to slow down the transmission of the virus. But the move left millions without a job and a large section of people appear to be reluctant to maintain health guidelines.
The government has announced a series of stimulus packages to tackle the economic fallout of the shutdown.
1,873 new cases, 20 deaths reported in 24 hours
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The confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh rose to 32,078 on Saturday after the health authorities announced the detection of 1,873 new cases.
The national death tally went up to 452 with another 20 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana came up with the disclosure at the daily health bulletin.
In the last 24 hours, 47 coronavirus testing laboratories across the country tested 10,834 samples, she added.
During the period, Dr Nasima said, 296 coronavirus-infected people recovered fully in the country which upped the total number of recoveries to 6,486.
Against the total number of detected cases, the recovery rate is 20.22 percent while the mortality rate 1.41 percent in Bangladesh, Dr Nasima said.
Previously, Bangladesh reported the single-day record number of new coronavirus cases of 1,773 on Thursday.
Among the deceased, 16 were male and four were female. “Four died in Dhaka division, eight in Chattogram division, two each in Rangpur, Rajshahi and Mymensingh divisions, and one each in Sylhet and Khulna divisions,” Dr Nasima said.
Of the 22 victims, 15 died at hospitals and four at homes while another was declared brought dead at hospital.
Among the newly deceased patients, Dr Nasima said, 12 were aged above 50.
“Their age analysis says, two were aged between 21 and 30 years, three between 31 and 40, three between 41 and 50, eight between 51 and 60, three between 61 and 70, and another between 71 and 80 years,” she said.
Across the country, 286 more people were taken to isolation in the last 24 hours while 2,322 were home and institutionally quarantined during the period.
The country has seen a spike in the number of new cases and deaths in recent weeks.
On Friday, the DGHS said 1,694 new cases and 24 deaths were recorded.
Since coronavirus was first reported in China in December last year, there have been more than 5.2 million cases globally, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Coronavirus was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11.
The virus outbreak dealt a heavy blow to the global economy, disrupting the supply chain and forcing countries to go into prolonged lockdowns.
Bangladesh government declared a general holiday since March 26 to slow down the transmission of the virus. But the move left millions without a job and a large section of people appear to be reluctant to maintain health guidelines.
The government has announced a series of stimulus packages to tackle the economic fallout of the shutdown.
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Bangladesh is in the grip of a suicide coronavirus attacker
Bangladesh in the grip of a suicide bomber! Thousands of suicide bombers are roaming around after the suicide vest! Every region of Bengal is trembling with bombs, smoke is rising all around. Everyone is running in different directions in fear! Experts are sitting in the control room with a map of Bangladesh on the big screen in front, the whole map is filled in red. ”
What do you think? - After "The Extraction", I am narrating the story of the next series of Netflix whose plot is also Bangladesh? Sounds ridiculous?
But, the facts are there! Thousands of suicide bombers are now roaming around us. A time bomb called coronavirus set inside the body. The only difference is that suicide bombers know they are carrying bombs, and attack voluntarily. And don't commit suicide - the attackers are attacking unknowingly. Corona attackers have now reached all the districts of the country. If you don't believe, look at the Corona map of Bangladesh dated May 19-
Photo: Current status of upazila-based coronavirus infection in Bangladesh. Updated: 19 May 2020 (Source: Department of Health)
However, the picture above is not the whole movie, just a little trailer. According to the data published on 24 May 2020, in the last 24 hours, 6,908 coronavirus tests have been carried out in Bangladesh and 1,532 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus and 26 people have died. If the test had been performed on more people, the number of corona detections would undoubtedly have increased proportionately. That's not because there are only 43 coronavirus testing labs across the country. That is why the number of tests is so low and it takes 2 to 7 days to report the test. And this delay is creating more new human corona bombs every day.
We don't really know the exact number of victims. We are identifying a part through some experiments. Outside of that, countless more time bombs are roaming the streets. Not getting the right information, not understanding how to stop. As a result, there is lack of coordination in various state decisions.
We would not suffer from this indecision if we knew the exact picture of coronavirus. And the right picture can give us tests, tests, and tests.
The method of testing coronavirus in 43 labs in Bangladesh is called real time PCR. This method tests the patient's saliva or mucus as a sample. This realtime PCR is considered to be the most accurate in diagnosing coronavirus.
However, it is a very expensive and time consuming procedure. In addition to this, the re-agent required for testing in this lab is also very expensive. Even so, owning one is still beyond the reach of the average person. In addition to installing heavy equipment, it takes skilled technicians to operate it. So, we don't have the reality and financial capability to do millions of tests every day in real time PCR, not even many developed countries in the world. But, if we want to survive, we have to increase the number of tests.
In order to increase the number of examinations, the examination system should be expedited at low cost and the benefits of the examination should be brought to the doorsteps of the people. Expensive and heavy labs like real time PCR should bring the subject to rapid testing. Rapid testing kit / method can be a game changer in this case. Because, it takes two to seven days to get the result of a test in real time PCR. If 1000 samples come in a real time PCR lab, it may take 20 days to test, there are thousands of tests that can be done in one day through Rapid Kit / Test and the results will be available. In addition, it takes a skilled technician to run a real-time PCR, on the other hand, with a little training, any volunteer or technician can do a rapid test.
The common criticism of the Rapid Kit is that it has the potential to be False Positive (Positive Report if Not Affected) or False Negative (Affected Negative).
Professor Abul Kalam Azad, Director General of the Department of Health, told BBC Bangla on April 25 about the Rapid Test Kit, that up to 15 per cent erroneous results - called False Negative - could come through the Rapid Test Kit invented by Public Health.
There is a logical solution to this problem. Those who come positive in the rapid test, they will have to go to the covid medical system or isolation. Only those tests can be done in the RT PCR lab to be sure, even if there are symptoms of covid negative. This will save the government a lot of money, as well as the results can be assured.
Two types of rapid and affordable tests are being discussed in Bangladesh for rapid coronavirus testing-
GRapid.blot Kit:
Photo: Professor Dr. Bijan Kumar Sheel (Photo: Deutsche Welle)
Head Professor of the Department of Microbiology at the University. 'GRapid.blot Kit' has been invented under the leadership of Bijan Kumar Sheel. While in Singapore in 2003, Dr. gained international fame by inventing the SARS virus kit. Bijan Kumar Shil. Professor in the media. According to Bijan Kumar Sheel, misreporting in the dot blot kit comes only when antibodies or only antigens are tested. The 'G-Rapid.blot Kit' tests the body's antibodies and viral antigens separately, giving almost 100% accurate results. Mr. published in the media. According to Sheel, coronavirus test results can be obtained in just fifteen minutes in this kit, and it is possible to test at a very low cost. The test of this kit is going on beyond various bureaucratic complications. If the test results are positive, it needs to be spread across the country immediately.
Photo: A part of the GRapid.blot kit
LAMP - Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification Test:
Photo: Professor Dr. Zeba Islam Siraj is leading the research team to make lamp test kits in Bangladesh.
The lamp method is very simple and affordable compared to RT PCR for quick identification of Covid-19 patients. Its original inventors have made the formula and process of this method available to researchers around the world. The New England Biolab in the US has been successful in working with Uhan researchers on this test method. Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh. Under the leadership of Zeba Islam Siraj, two teachers from his department, a master's student and a teacher from the biotechnology department of BRAC University have worked on making lamp tests. In this method, the RNA is separated from the suspected patient's sample and chemicals are added and kept in an incubator. After a while, the chemical contains various colors. By looking at the color, the suspect person can be understood as negative or positive. Talking to the research team of lamp system in Bangladesh, it was learned that, The lamp test results are available in a maximum of 30 minutes and about 99 percent accurate reports are possible. Researchers believe that it will be possible to prepare it for use in Bangladesh in the next 2-3 months with the help of the government in testing samples and bringing reagents. This initiative also needs to be taken forward with maximum support.
Photo: Lamp Test Exam Photo (Source: Jenning News.com)
One thing to keep in mind is that we should not praise any achievement and good initiative of the country by looking at the Facebook status of Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg. May we respect the talented Bengali children irrespective of party affiliation, and use their talents for the benefit of the country.
Another issue is that along with government initiatives, the private sector should also take the initiative to expand coronavirus testing labs with utmost importance at the moment.
Although testing may not increase so quickly, symptomatic treatment is needed. This means that even if it is not confirmed through testing, you have to go home or institutionally quarantine after seeing the symptoms. More on this later.
The vicious cycle of coronavirus
We have heard of the vicious cycle of poverty. Now listen to the vicious cycle of coronavirus. Where a non-covid patient cannot be admitted to the hospital even in case of emergency due to lack of coronavirus test report and home-hospital-booth-vehicle / ambulance slowly commits suicide in this journey. A non-covid patient is most likely to be infected with coronavirus because the disease has already compromised his or her body's resistance to the disease.
The same thing happens with a coronavirus patient. In the same cycle, he also unknowingly attacked the people around him with a magical touch.
Associated with the above two incidents is the tendency to give wrong information to the patient during hospitalization. We call it the vicious cycle of coronavirus, which is not about to end. And in this cycle, the number of coronavirus patients is constantly increasing. Those who are non-covid are also being attacked.
That is why from this moment on, the responsible authorities should arrange for the collection of coronavirus test samples from house to house or near the house. In no way should a suspect come out and attack or infect another. Second, to continue the treatment of ordinary patients in non-covid hospitals.
You must remember the additional secretary who died a few days ago. Her doctor daughter ran all day but could not get her admitted to any non-covid hospital and could not save her father.
Coronavirus has exposed our medical system and society to a brutal reality. Think of a non-covid patient who is suffering from various complications of the heart, lungs or respiratory system. Or a pregnant mother with labor pains! Or those non-covid patients who are suffering from chronic diseases like diabetes or kidney complications and who have to go through a medical system regularly. Where will they go for emergency and regular treatment? Buck's brother can't even answer this, because for them 'there is no one anywhere'! If this situation continues, it will be seen that non-covid patients are dying more than coronavirus due to coronavirus in the country.
Government hospitals are obliged to provide emergency services. The directive issued by the government for private hospitals and clinics on the 11th of this month said that private hospitals / clinics should have separate arrangements for the treatment of Kovid-19 patients and no patient arriving for emergency treatment should be returned.
Photo: Government guidelines on emergency services for private hospitals
Even after this instruction of the government health service department, the inhuman suffering of the patients and their relatives is seen in the newspapers every day. Needless to say, there have been incidents in several hospitals where Kovid-19 patients have been admitted to the hospital with their information hidden and later the doctors and service personnel of that hospital have been attacked. This is an extreme paradox.
What will hospitals do?
The Triaz method can be used in all public and private hospitals to manage hospitals at this time of the Great Epidemic. I have learned about this method from the former director of the disease control department of the health department. In the speech of Bay-Nazir Ahmed.
The triaz method is a lot like traffic signals, red, yellow and green methods. Each hospital will have these three units of red, yellow and green. No patient can actually be sent back to the hospital. The person who will attend the patient in the hospital will evaluate the patient's condition and transfer him to the right unit.
Photo: Hospital triage procedure
In anticipation of a new Bangladesh in a concerted fight against coronavirus after Eid. Eid Mubarak to everyone!
Without whose help the article would not have been complete-
Bangladesh in the grip of a suicide bomber! Thousands of suicide bombers are roaming around after the suicide vest! Every region of Bengal is trembling with bombs, smoke is rising all around. Everyone is running in different directions in fear! Experts are sitting in the control room with a map of Bangladesh on the big screen in front, the whole map is filled in red. ”
What do you think? - After "The Extraction", I am narrating the story of the next series of Netflix whose plot is also Bangladesh? Sounds ridiculous?
But, the facts are there! Thousands of suicide bombers are now roaming around us. A time bomb called coronavirus set inside the body. The only difference is that suicide bombers know they are carrying bombs, and attack voluntarily. And don't commit suicide - the attackers are attacking unknowingly. Corona attackers have now reached all the districts of the country. If you don't believe, look at the Corona map of Bangladesh dated May 19-
Photo: Current status of upazila-based coronavirus infection in Bangladesh. Updated: 19 May 2020 (Source: Department of Health)
However, the picture above is not the whole movie, just a little trailer. According to the data published on 24 May 2020, in the last 24 hours, 6,908 coronavirus tests have been carried out in Bangladesh and 1,532 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus and 26 people have died. If the test had been performed on more people, the number of corona detections would undoubtedly have increased proportionately. That's not because there are only 43 coronavirus testing labs across the country. That is why the number of tests is so low and it takes 2 to 7 days to report the test. And this delay is creating more new human corona bombs every day.
We don't really know the exact number of victims. We are identifying a part through some experiments. Outside of that, countless more time bombs are roaming the streets. Not getting the right information, not understanding how to stop. As a result, there is lack of coordination in various state decisions.
We would not suffer from this indecision if we knew the exact picture of coronavirus. And the right picture can give us tests, tests, and tests.
The method of testing coronavirus in 43 labs in Bangladesh is called real time PCR. This method tests the patient's saliva or mucus as a sample. This realtime PCR is considered to be the most accurate in diagnosing coronavirus.
However, it is a very expensive and time consuming procedure. In addition to this, the re-agent required for testing in this lab is also very expensive. Even so, owning one is still beyond the reach of the average person. In addition to installing heavy equipment, it takes skilled technicians to operate it. So, we don't have the reality and financial capability to do millions of tests every day in real time PCR, not even many developed countries in the world. But, if we want to survive, we have to increase the number of tests.
In order to increase the number of examinations, the examination system should be expedited at low cost and the benefits of the examination should be brought to the doorsteps of the people. Expensive and heavy labs like real time PCR should bring the subject to rapid testing. Rapid testing kit / method can be a game changer in this case. Because, it takes two to seven days to get the result of a test in real time PCR. If 1000 samples come in a real time PCR lab, it may take 20 days to test, there are thousands of tests that can be done in one day through Rapid Kit / Test and the results will be available. In addition, it takes a skilled technician to run a real-time PCR, on the other hand, with a little training, any volunteer or technician can do a rapid test.
The common criticism of the Rapid Kit is that it has the potential to be False Positive (Positive Report if Not Affected) or False Negative (Affected Negative).
Professor Abul Kalam Azad, Director General of the Department of Health, told BBC Bangla on April 25 about the Rapid Test Kit, that up to 15 per cent erroneous results - called False Negative - could come through the Rapid Test Kit invented by Public Health.
There is a logical solution to this problem. Those who come positive in the rapid test, they will have to go to the covid medical system or isolation. Only those tests can be done in the RT PCR lab to be sure, even if there are symptoms of covid negative. This will save the government a lot of money, as well as the results can be assured.
Two types of rapid and affordable tests are being discussed in Bangladesh for rapid coronavirus testing-
GRapid.blot Kit:
Photo: Professor Dr. Bijan Kumar Sheel (Photo: Deutsche Welle)
Head Professor of the Department of Microbiology at the University. 'GRapid.blot Kit' has been invented under the leadership of Bijan Kumar Sheel. While in Singapore in 2003, Dr. gained international fame by inventing the SARS virus kit. Bijan Kumar Shil. Professor in the media. According to Bijan Kumar Sheel, misreporting in the dot blot kit comes only when antibodies or only antigens are tested. The 'G-Rapid.blot Kit' tests the body's antibodies and viral antigens separately, giving almost 100% accurate results. Mr. published in the media. According to Sheel, coronavirus test results can be obtained in just fifteen minutes in this kit, and it is possible to test at a very low cost. The test of this kit is going on beyond various bureaucratic complications. If the test results are positive, it needs to be spread across the country immediately.
Photo: A part of the GRapid.blot kit
LAMP - Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification Test:
Photo: Professor Dr. Zeba Islam Siraj is leading the research team to make lamp test kits in Bangladesh.
The lamp method is very simple and affordable compared to RT PCR for quick identification of Covid-19 patients. Its original inventors have made the formula and process of this method available to researchers around the world. The New England Biolab in the US has been successful in working with Uhan researchers on this test method. Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh. Under the leadership of Zeba Islam Siraj, two teachers from his department, a master's student and a teacher from the biotechnology department of BRAC University have worked on making lamp tests. In this method, the RNA is separated from the suspected patient's sample and chemicals are added and kept in an incubator. After a while, the chemical contains various colors. By looking at the color, the suspect person can be understood as negative or positive. Talking to the research team of lamp system in Bangladesh, it was learned that, The lamp test results are available in a maximum of 30 minutes and about 99 percent accurate reports are possible. Researchers believe that it will be possible to prepare it for use in Bangladesh in the next 2-3 months with the help of the government in testing samples and bringing reagents. This initiative also needs to be taken forward with maximum support.
Photo: Lamp Test Exam Photo (Source: Jenning News.com)
One thing to keep in mind is that we should not praise any achievement and good initiative of the country by looking at the Facebook status of Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg. May we respect the talented Bengali children irrespective of party affiliation, and use their talents for the benefit of the country.
Another issue is that along with government initiatives, the private sector should also take the initiative to expand coronavirus testing labs with utmost importance at the moment.
Although testing may not increase so quickly, symptomatic treatment is needed. This means that even if it is not confirmed through testing, you have to go home or institutionally quarantine after seeing the symptoms. More on this later.
The vicious cycle of coronavirus
We have heard of the vicious cycle of poverty. Now listen to the vicious cycle of coronavirus. Where a non-covid patient cannot be admitted to the hospital even in case of emergency due to lack of coronavirus test report and home-hospital-booth-vehicle / ambulance slowly commits suicide in this journey. A non-covid patient is most likely to be infected with coronavirus because the disease has already compromised his or her body's resistance to the disease.
The same thing happens with a coronavirus patient. In the same cycle, he also unknowingly attacked the people around him with a magical touch.
Associated with the above two incidents is the tendency to give wrong information to the patient during hospitalization. We call it the vicious cycle of coronavirus, which is not about to end. And in this cycle, the number of coronavirus patients is constantly increasing. Those who are non-covid are also being attacked.
That is why from this moment on, the responsible authorities should arrange for the collection of coronavirus test samples from house to house or near the house. In no way should a suspect come out and attack or infect another. Second, to continue the treatment of ordinary patients in non-covid hospitals.
You must remember the additional secretary who died a few days ago. Her doctor daughter ran all day but could not get her admitted to any non-covid hospital and could not save her father.
Coronavirus has exposed our medical system and society to a brutal reality. Think of a non-covid patient who is suffering from various complications of the heart, lungs or respiratory system. Or a pregnant mother with labor pains! Or those non-covid patients who are suffering from chronic diseases like diabetes or kidney complications and who have to go through a medical system regularly. Where will they go for emergency and regular treatment? Buck's brother can't even answer this, because for them 'there is no one anywhere'! If this situation continues, it will be seen that non-covid patients are dying more than coronavirus due to coronavirus in the country.
Government hospitals are obliged to provide emergency services. The directive issued by the government for private hospitals and clinics on the 11th of this month said that private hospitals / clinics should have separate arrangements for the treatment of Kovid-19 patients and no patient arriving for emergency treatment should be returned.
Photo: Government guidelines on emergency services for private hospitals
Even after this instruction of the government health service department, the inhuman suffering of the patients and their relatives is seen in the newspapers every day. Needless to say, there have been incidents in several hospitals where Kovid-19 patients have been admitted to the hospital with their information hidden and later the doctors and service personnel of that hospital have been attacked. This is an extreme paradox.
What will hospitals do?
The Triaz method can be used in all public and private hospitals to manage hospitals at this time of the Great Epidemic. I have learned about this method from the former director of the disease control department of the health department. In the speech of Bay-Nazir Ahmed.
The triaz method is a lot like traffic signals, red, yellow and green methods. Each hospital will have these three units of red, yellow and green. No patient can actually be sent back to the hospital. The person who will attend the patient in the hospital will evaluate the patient's condition and transfer him to the right unit.
Photo: Hospital triage procedure
- If the patient arrives at the hospital does not have any symptoms of coronavirus or if he has not traveled to a recently infected area, he will be sent to the green zone for treatment according to his disease.
- If the patient has symptoms of an infectious disease, or has a history of contact with an infected person or area, he or she will be sent to the Yellow Unit for coronavirus testing at the hospital.
- If the result of the test is negative, it will be sent to the green unit and if the result is positive, it will be sent to the red unit.
- This procedure is comforting for patients and physicians and health workers alike. And there is no alternative to the rapid kit for quick verification of whether the patient has coronavirus or not.
In anticipation of a new Bangladesh in a concerted fight against coronavirus after Eid. Eid Mubarak to everyone!
Without whose help the article would not have been complete-
- Taisha Tashreen, Apprentice Researcher, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL-Heidelberg), Germany.
- Dr. Nafis Hossain Amit. Indoor Medical Officer, Dhaka Medical College.
- Mohammad Umar Sharif Sohan, Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka.
- Dr. Rashmin Islam Smriti, Physician, Combined Military Hospital, Mymensingh.
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