Covid-19 and Bangladesh: Impacts and Initiatives

"Covid-19 and Bangladesh: Impacts and Initiatives" 

Tanjil Ahmed 

The writer is a Prime Minister Gold Medalist 

The present world is passing through every moment of uncertainty. Without any war, riots-Third World War (TWR) is going on. All the countries of the world are simultaneously fighting against the pandemic Coronavirus (Covid-19). On December 31, 2019, the first one was infected of pneumonia in the city of Wuhan in central China, later it was discovered as Novel Corona Virus named Covid-19 and the suspected one had died on 11th January 2020 (BBC News). COVID-19 is a disease-causing virus called SARS-CoV-2 that has never been seen in the human body before. (A2i, Mukthopaath). Although the outbreak of the disease originates from China, the epidemic has spread throughout the world in a short time. So far, 2,145,512 people have been infected in 210 countries of the world, where 144,061 people have died and 545,637 people have been healed till April 16 (world meters). However, first coronavirus cases confirmed in Bangladesh on March 7, where three tested were positive and two of them returnees from Italy. Conversely, the present situation in Bangladesh is in dire shape. The latest update (April 16) of coronavirus in Bangladesh is so far, 1572 people have been infected, more than 1130 are undergoing treatment, 49 are cured, 60 have died and more than 42529 are in-home quarantine (Somoytv). The Coronavirus has spread in Bangladesh mainly through migrants returning abroad. The government and administration of Bangladesh have already taken various plans and initiatives to prevent the Coronavirus and are working to implement them. Yet, the coronavirus has severely hit the country's economy, education, tourism industry, trade, culture, and other sectors in the past one month. Read more