Second Wave of COVID-19 in Bangladesh: An Integrated and Coordinated Set of Actions Is Crucial to Tackle Current Upsurge of Cases and Deaths

Bari, Razmin; Sultana, Farhana

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.699918

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Risk communication and community engagement during COVID-19

Khan¹,

Mishra

Ahmed

et al. 2022

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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Risk communication and community engagement during COVID-19

Khan¹,

Mishra

Ahmed

et al. 2022

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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“…Previous studies on the poor quality of hospital care in Bangladesh may help situate some of these findings in past experience and a reasonable fear of poor outcomes among those hospitalized (Hadley et al, 2007). The second wave, occurring at the time of writing (summer of 2021), has seen significant pressure on hospitals in Bangladesh, and with the unavailability of hospital beds people are, again, falling back on home remedies (Bari & Sultana, 2021). A fragile health system will always create alternative, often ineffectual, care pathways.…”

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A Rapid Ethnographic Assessment of Cultural and Social Perceptions and Practices About COVID-19 in Bangladesh: What the Policy Makers and Program Planners Should Know

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Anthropological literature on health beliefs and practices related to COVID-19 is scarce, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. We conducted a qualitative research on perceptions of COVID-19 among slum residents of Dhaka, Bangladesh from November 2020 through January, 2021. Methods included in-depth interviews and photo elicitation with community residents. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed thematically. Results show scientific explanations of COVID-19 conflicted with interviewees’ cultural and spiritual beliefs such as: coronavirus is a disease of rich, sinful people; the virus is a curse from Allah to punish sinners. Interviewees rejected going to hospitals in favor of home remedies, and eschewed measures such as mask-wearing or social distancing instead preferring to follow local beliefs. We have highlighted a gap between community beliefs about the pandemic and science-led interventions proposed by health professionals. For public health policy to be more effective it requires a deeper understanding of and response to community perceptions.

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“…In the midst of a vaccination campaign, Bangladesh saw the second wave of COVID-19 in March 2021, using the UK variation, as the starting point (Alpha, V1). However, during the third week of March 2021, the Beta, V2 variant from South Africa has taken over as the most predominant variant, which replaces the UK variant and others, 5 thus leading to the resurgence of COVID-19 infection throughout the country with increased death and hospitalization (https://www.thedailystar.net/coronavirus-deadly-newthreat/news/south-african-variant-covid-19-dominantbangladesh-icddrbstudy-2073757) Furthermore, in the mid of May 2021, the third wave of COVID-19 emerged by Delta variants and proved to be the deadliest in Bangladesh, and has led to a dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths domestically. 6 This variant of concern delta was first identified in India with the evidence of possessing higher transmissibility, and alarmingly more severe disease outcomes (e.g., increased rate of hospitalizations and deaths).…”

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Genomic characterization of the dominating Beta, V2 variant carrying vaccinated (Oxford−AstraZeneca) and nonvaccinated COVID‐19 patient samples in Bangladesh: A metagenomics and whole‐genome approach

Rahaman

Sarkar

Rahman³

et al. 2022

Journal of Medical Virology

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Bangladesh is experiencing a second wave of COVID-19 since March 2021, despite the nationwide vaccination drive with ChAdOx1 (Oxford−AstraZeneca) vaccine from early February 2021. Here, we characterized 19 nasopharyngeal swab (NPS) samples from COVID-19 suspect patients using genomic and metagenomic approaches. Screening for SARS-CoV-2 by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and metagenomic sequencing revealed 17 samples of COVID-19 positive (vaccinated = 10, nonvaccinated = 7) and 2 samples of COVID-19 negative. We did not find any significant correlation between associated factors including vaccination status, age or sex of the patients, diversity or abundance of the coinfected organisms/pathogens, and the abundance of SARS-CoV-2. Though the first wave of the pandemic was dominated by clade 20B, Beta, V2 (South African variant) dominated the second wave (January 2021 to May 2021), while the third wave (May 2021 to September 2021) was responsible for Delta variants of the epidemic in Bangladesh including both vaccinated and unvaccinated infections. Noteworthily, the receptor binding domain (RBD) region of S protein of all the isolates harbored similar substitutions including K417N, E484K, and N501Y that signify the Beta, while D614G, D215G, D80A, A67V, L18F, and A701V substitutions were commonly found in the non-RBD region of Spike proteins. ORF7b and ORF3a genes underwent a positive selection (dN/dS ratio 1.77 and 1.24, respectively), while the overall S protein of the Bangladeshi SARS-CoV-2 isolates underwent negative selection pressure (dN/dS = 0.621). Furthermore, we found different bacterial coinfections like Streptococcus agalactiae, Neisseria meningitidis, Elizabethkingia anophelis, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Pseudomonas plecoglossicida, expressing a number of antibiotic resistance genes such as tetA and tetM. Overall, this approach provides

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Second Wave of COVID-19 in Bangladesh: An Integrated and Coordinated Set of Actions Is Crucial to Tackle Current Upsurge of Cases and Deaths

Cited by 23 publications

References 10 publications

Risk communication and community engagement during COVID-19

Risk communication and community engagement during COVID-19

A Rapid Ethnographic Assessment of Cultural and Social Perceptions and Practices About COVID-19 in Bangladesh: What the Policy Makers and Program Planners Should Know

Genomic characterization of the dominating Beta, V2 variant carrying vaccinated (Oxford−AstraZeneca) and nonvaccinated COVID‐19 patient samples in Bangladesh: A metagenomics and whole‐genome approach

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