Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic: the Bangladesh perspective
An outbreak of a COVID-19 pandemic disease, caused by a novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has posed a serious threat to global human health. Bangladesh has also come under the attack of this viral disease. Here, we aimed to describe the responses of Bangladesh to tackle the COVID-19, particularly on how...
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| author | Md. Taimur Islam Anup Kumar Talukder Md. Nurealam Siddiqui Tofazzal Islam |
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| description | An outbreak of a COVID-19 pandemic disease, caused by a novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has posed a serious threat to global human health. Bangladesh has also come under the attack of this viral disease. Here, we aimed to describe the responses of Bangladesh to tackle the COVID-19, particularly on how Bangladesh is dealing with this novel viral disease with its limited resources. The first case of a COVID-19 patient was detected in Bangladesh on March 8, 2020. Since then, a total of 263,503 peoples are officially reported as COVID-19 infected with 3,471 deaths until August 11, 2020. To combat the COVID-19, the government has taken various steps viz. diagnosis of the suspected cases, quarantine of doubted people and isolation of infected patients, local or regional lockdown, closure of all government and private offices, increase public awareness and enforce social distancing, etc. Moreover, to address the socio-economic situations, the government announced several financial stimulus packages of about USD 11.90 billion. However, the government got 3 months since the disease was first reported in China, but the country failed in making proper strategies including contact tracing, introducing antibody/antigen-based rapid detection kit, and also failed to make multi-disciplinary team to combat this disease. Further, limited testing facilities and inadequate treatment service along with public unawareness are the major challenges for Bangladesh to tackle this situation effectively. Along with the government, personal awareness and assistance of non-government organizations, private organizations, researchers, doctors, industrialists, and international organizations are firmly required to mitigate this highly contagious disease. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-05ded85a65054e1eb8aedecae3774e112023-01-03T03:54:47ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Public Health Research2279-90282279-90362020-10-019410.4081/jphr.2020.1794Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic: the Bangladesh perspectiveMd. Taimur Islam0Anup Kumar Talukder1Md. Nurealam Siddiqui 2Tofazzal Islam3Department of Pathobiology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, GazipurDepartment of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive Health, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, GazipurDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, GazipurInstitute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, GazipurAn outbreak of a COVID-19 pandemic disease, caused by a novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has posed a serious threat to global human health. Bangladesh has also come under the attack of this viral disease. Here, we aimed to describe the responses of Bangladesh to tackle the COVID-19, particularly on how Bangladesh is dealing with this novel viral disease with its limited resources. The first case of a COVID-19 patient was detected in Bangladesh on March 8, 2020. Since then, a total of 263,503 peoples are officially reported as COVID-19 infected with 3,471 deaths until August 11, 2020. To combat the COVID-19, the government has taken various steps viz. diagnosis of the suspected cases, quarantine of doubted people and isolation of infected patients, local or regional lockdown, closure of all government and private offices, increase public awareness and enforce social distancing, etc. Moreover, to address the socio-economic situations, the government announced several financial stimulus packages of about USD 11.90 billion. However, the government got 3 months since the disease was first reported in China, but the country failed in making proper strategies including contact tracing, introducing antibody/antigen-based rapid detection kit, and also failed to make multi-disciplinary team to combat this disease. Further, limited testing facilities and inadequate treatment service along with public unawareness are the major challenges for Bangladesh to tackle this situation effectively. Along with the government, personal awareness and assistance of non-government organizations, private organizations, researchers, doctors, industrialists, and international organizations are firmly required to mitigate this highly contagious disease.https://jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/1794SARS-CoV-2COVID-19Bangladeshpandemicstimulus package |
| spellingShingle | Md. Taimur Islam Anup Kumar Talukder Md. Nurealam Siddiqui Tofazzal Islam Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic: the Bangladesh perspective Journal of Public Health Research SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Bangladesh pandemic stimulus package |
| title | Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic: the Bangladesh perspective |
| title_full | Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic: the Bangladesh perspective |
| title_fullStr | Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic: the Bangladesh perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic: the Bangladesh perspective |
| title_short | Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic: the Bangladesh perspective |
| title_sort | tackling the covid 19 pandemic the bangladesh perspective |
| topic | SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Bangladesh pandemic stimulus package |
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