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Advertisement In January, Bangladesh seemed to be doing well in terms of curbing the transmission of COVID-19. The infection rate was recorded at lower than 5 percent for seven weeks straight in mid-January, indicating a good response to the crisis according to World Health Organization guidelines, which consider the pandemic under control if infection rate remains below 5 percent for two consecutive weeks. The cases were dropping consistently, with February 26 seeing the lowest monthly recorded death toll of five. The Second Wave: The Beta Variant The onslaught of the second wave started in mid-March when the number of daily recorded cases and deaths started rising sharply. According to Bangladesh’s leading health research institute, ICDDRB, between March 18-24, the Beta variant, originally detected in South Africa, was found in more than 80 percent of the samples tested. The Beta variant was first detected in Bangladesh on January 24. ....
Bangladesh extends coronavirus lockdown till May 16 At the same time, the government will also monitor shopping centres and malls for strict compliance to health safety guidelines, put in place to contain COVID-19 spread, he said. Share Via Email | A+A A- By PTI DHAKA: Bangladesh on Monday extended ongoing nationwide lockdown till May 16 to contain the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bangladesh clamped a week-long nationwide lockdown on April 5, suspending public transport and shutting markets to combat the surge in coronavirus cases in the country. The restrictions were later extended till April 28, then till May 5. The Cabinet has decided to further extend the lockdown till May 16, Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam told a media briefing here. ....
The failure of the Modi government may spell disaster for the COVID-19 recovery of India’s neighbors. By April 27, 2021 The Diplomat has removed paywall restrictions on our coverage of the COVID–19 crisis. Health workers carry a patient after a fire in Vijay Vallabh COVID-19 hospital at Virar, near Mumbai, India, Friday, April 23, 2021. Credit: AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade Advertisement If you relied on most Indian news channels and central government announcements, you might think nothing was amiss in the country, with the only event of consequence being the election in West Bengal. Yet the deluge of social media posts and footage from India as well as international news coverage paint a far starker picture of people dying outside of hospitals and in the streets while waiting on care. They report that cremation furnaces’ grills have melted from overuse, while others are forced to cremate their loved ones in parking lots. Even as India continues to s ....
URL copied Bangladesh imposes week-long air travel ban Bangladesh has announced plans to ban all international and domestic flights for a week from Wednesday, coinciding with yet another lockdown to counter a spike in new coronavirus cases. All international passenger flights to and from Bangladesh will remain suspended from April 14 to 20, DPA news agency quoted the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) as saying in a statement. More than 500 flights will be cancelled because of the ban, said the CAAB s Air Vice Marshal M Mafidur Rahman. Bangladeshi airports have now been operating an average of 70 to 75 flights per day, he said. ....