It was thought for a while that Covid-19 was largely an exclusive urban disease. There was this myth that it spared the poor, the villagers and the pious. Social media is full of such declarations and people go on air explaining the strange and “noble” discrimination of this virus. The first
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Concern over Indian Delta variant
About 80 per cent of the Covid infections in the country are now caused by the Indian Delta variant. This strain’s infection capacity is higher than that of the United Kingdom and South Africa previously identified in Bangladesh. The government’s Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) and the
Frontier districts await Covid-19 ‘catastrophe’: Experts
Amid the growing Covid-19 cases, health experts fear that Bangladesh's frontier districts await a serious healthcare crisis as most hospitals and health complexes there are ill-equipped to cope with any worsening situation.They also voiced frustration as local administrations in different frontier districts are "buying time" in enforcing strict lockdowns and
Bangladesh needs a plan which India didn’t have
Bangladesh sees 45 more Covid deaths with 1,285 new cases
Bangladesh has reported another 45 Coronavirus-related deaths with 1,285 fresh cases in the last 24 hours until Saturday morning amid concern after the detection of the first case of highly contagious Indian Covid-19 variant in the country. According to the new data released by The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS),
Indian Coronavirus strain detected in Bangladesh
Confirmed case of IndianCovid-19 variant strain has been detected in Bangladesh, Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) confirmed on Saturday. Chief scientific officer of IEDCR ASM Alamgir said the Indian strain was detected in a sample test at Evercare Hospital in the capital Dhaka and has been published on