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UN chief in Bangladesh Mia Seppo has said that the recovery from the Covid-19 crisis “must lead to a different economy”.“Everything we do during and after this crisis must be with a strong focus on building more equal, inclusive and sustainable economies and societies that are more...
The UN chief in Bangladesh has warned the government of possible second wave of the coronavirus cases if things are not planned properly.“Without careful planning and in the absence of scaled up public health and clinical care capacities, the premature lifting of physical distancing measures i...
Dengue is a cause of public health concern in Bangladesh as it affects hundreds of thousands of people every year since the outbreak of the fever in 2000.Last year it took an appalling turn with over 100,000 patients being hospitalised. It has shaken the entire health system.The IEDCR confirmed only...
Two doctors who survived from coronavirus have become the first donors of blood for the plasma therapy study in Bangladesh.Prof MA Khan, who is coordinating the country’s first such trial as the president of the technical sub-committee of plasma therapy, told Bangladesh Post that they had coll...
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As the government of Bangladesh is considering easing the coronavirus lockdown next month, an economist suggests doing that ‘scientifically and intelligently’ to avoid any risk.Dr Ashikur Rahman, Senior Economist of the Policy Research Institute (PRI), made four recommendations while tal...
Doctors at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) will start collecting blood from the Covid-19 survivors on Saturday next for reinfusing into the sick to examine the prospect of century-old ‘convalescent plasma therapy’ for the treatment of the pandemic corona disease.It is being see...
A new analysis projects that more than 28,000 children under the age of five could die in next six months as an “indirect” result of the pandemic in worst case scenario if there is further reduction in health services in Bangladesh.Wasting, severe form of malnutrition, would be a ‘...
Experts of the World Health Organisation and Paris-based International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (The Union) have urged people be cautious against any ‘unproven claims’ related to tobacco use during this time of crisis due to Covid-19 pandemic.“A review studies b...
The health ministry is not implementing the recommendations of the high-profile national technical advisory committee on coronavirus, leaving the patients to suffer.The committee after its formation on April 19 advised the ministry to take an integrated management approach of all hospitals to lessen...
Over 1000 coronavirus patients have been released from hospitals in Bangladesh, the government says after changing treatment guidelines.On Sunday, the health department confirmed fresh 665 cases, highest in a day, by testing 5368 samples in 24 hours till 8am, taking the tally of total infections to ...
Bangladesh will wait and see before the use of remdesivir for the treatment of coronavirus patients despite the US regulators’ approval for emergency use, says an expert.“We’ll not use it now. The US also allowed anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for the treatment, but later the...
As Bangladesh is grappling to manage COVID-19 patients and the government is yet to engage private sector in this fight, an expert shares a model of how to do that in an efficient way.“The solution is in an integrated approach from the private hospitals,” Musfiqur Rasheed, who works in Q...
Bangladesh on Wednesday witnessed a rise of new cases of coronavirus with the detection of 219 patients by testing 1740 samples.It means the new case rate was 12.59 percent of the samples tested in a day which is the highest so far. Earlier the highest rate of detection in a single-day was 11.59 per...
The drug control authorities in Bangladesh have dismissed as fake the news items run by several media outlets that a few pharmaceutical companies are manufacturing drugs for coronavirus treatment with government approval.“We’ve asked them (pharma companies) in written order not to market...
A Chinese expert in a videoconference with Bangladeshi practitioners has suggested ‘proper’ oxygen saturation therapy to all patients with coronavirus to avoid fatalities. The level of oxygen saturation should be within the range of 92 percent to 96 percent, Prof Zhang Wenhong, head...
The WHO, Unicef and the International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) have warned against stigma and fear around the coronavirus disease for better response.“Evidence clearly shows that stigma and fear around communicable diseases hamper the response,” they said in a guide for preventing ...
Smokers are likely to be more vulnerable to Covid-19, says the World Health Organization (WHO).This is because as the act of smoking means that fingers and possibly contaminated cigarettes are in contact with lips which increases the possibility of transmission of virus from hand to mouth, the UN he...
The capital Dhaka city tops the list of the residential details of the coronavirus patients in Bangladesh, followed by Madaripur.Most of the 33 patients are at their very productive age between 21 years and 40 years. Two third of them are men. Thirteen of all patients returned home from abroad and t...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said he had conveyed the European envoys in Bangladesh that there are alternatives to travel in and out from the country. “We have to take few decisions for our citizens like other countries in Europe. Still we kept open four routes for essential tr...
The government is on a war footing as coronavirus has claimed the second life in Bangladesh infecting four new people.With the latest figure, the number of cases rose to 24 including two deaths. Urging people to stay at home, if it is not urgent to come out, Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday...
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