Covid-19 Situation in Bangladesh

Abstract

COVID-19 has affected 210 countries around the world, killed more than 240,000 and infected more than 3.4 million. Bangladesh, a South Asian low-middle-income economy, has experienced a demographic and epidemiological transition with rapid urbanization and a gradual increase in life expectancy. It is the seventh most populous country in the world and population of the country is expected to be nearly double by 2050. The increasing burden of noncommunicable diseases in Bangladesh can be attributable to rapid urbanization and nearly 50% of all slum dwellers of the country live in Dhaka division. In 2017, National Rapid Response Team of IEDCR investigated 26 incidents of disease outbreak. The joint survey of the Power and Participation Research Centre and BRAC Institute of Governance and Development reveals that per capita daily income of urban slum and rural poor drops by 80% due to present countrywide shutdown enforced by the government to halt the spread of Covid-19. 40%-50% of these population took loans to meet the daily expenses.

The Mental Health of School-Going Children During Existing Lockdown Situation Due to COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh

“…It depends not only on the teachers but also on the parents to ensure that the children adapt to the new normalcy the world is heading. Adults need to set an example of social distancing and healthy living to make the transit easier and less hampering for the children [13][14] . If anything, COVID-19 has taught us, that life as we know now, may change at any moment.…”

The Mental Health of School-Going Children During Existing Lockdown Situation Due to COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh

“…It depends not only on the teachers but also on the parents to ensure that the children adapt to the new normalcy the world is heading. Adults need to set an example of social distancing and healthy living to make the transit easier and less hampering for them [13][14] . If anything, COVID-19 has taught us, that life as we know now, may change at any moment.…”

An Integrated Neural Network and SEIR Model to Predict COVID-19

“…Although the authorities tested nearly 2100 samples per day [2], reluctance from the testing authorities and the administrative complexity regarding the availability of test kits hindered the identification of actual infected cases. Since there was no scientific model to predict the number of patients in the perspective of this country, the administrator of Bangladesh was not actively restricting the movements of the common people from the very beginning of the pandemic [3]. Therefore, the situation worsened day by day.…”