Global COVID-2019 Pandemic
Situation Report for Bangladesh as of March 23, 2020
WHO has declared the recent COVID-2019 outbreak as “Pandemic” as of 11/03/2020. The countries are asked the countries to fight back coronavirus following the guidelines provided by WHO and the government of the countries. However, this can be the first pandemic in the history of humanity that can be controlled, according to “Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus”, the WHO Director-General.
Global Status (updated result seen here)
No. of affected countries 192 No of confirmed cases 337,570 No. of cases recovered 98,884 No. of active cases 224,031
No of deaths 14,665
Bangladesh Status (March 7-22)
No of confirmed cases 27 No. of cases recovered 5 No. of active cases 20
No of deaths 2
*No of institutional quarantine
50
*No of home quarantine 14,000 (as of March 22, 2020; 09:35 AM)
* https://tbsnews.net/coronavirus-chronicle
Recent News in Bangladesh
Community Transmission: Tests too few to rule out possibility (www.thedailystar.net)
4 lakh (400,000) PPEs to be made in Bangladesh (www.thedailystar.net)
Tests to start in divisional Head Quarters (www.thedailystar.net)
Doctor who treated Covid-19 patient, now tests positive for the virus (www.thedailystar.net)
2 die of cold complications in Khulna, families advised home quarantine
(https://tbsnews.net/bangladesh/health/2-die-cold-complications-khulna-families-advised- home-quarantine-59644)
COVID-19 Preventive Measure
Frequently wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 sec
Cover your mouth and nose with tissue/handkerchief or with bent when you cough or sneeze
Maintain social distancing at least one metre (three feet) from a person with cough
Avoid touching nose, mouth and eyes
Avoid spitting
Avoid mass gatherings
Coronavirus outbreak could become worse by April : Dhaka South Mayor
(https://tbsnews.net/bangladesh/coronavirus-outbreak-could-become-worse-april-dscc-mayor- 59563)
Dhaka airport sends 3 returnees with high fever to hospital
(https://tbsnews.net/bangladesh/health/3-hospitalised-fever-after-arriving-abroad-59485)
Shopping malls to be shut, not superstores from March 25 (www.tbsnews.net)
$1.4bn apparel export orders cancelled (www.dhakatribune.com)
Capital's slums in the dark about Covid-19 (www.dhakatribune.com)
Coronavirus: Bangladesh expecting Chinese medical supplies soon (www.dhakatribune.com)
Bangladesh closing down land ports for Covid-19 (www.prothomalo.com)
Bangladesh adds USD1.5 million to Saarc Emergency Fund (www.thedailystar.com)
Provide safety gears to doctors, nurses: High Court orders (www.thedailystar.com)
How they let us down: The authorities repeatedly claimed that all passengers were being
‘tested’ at the airport. That was a misleading statement (www.tbsnews.net)
Overcrowded prisons not equipped with Covid-19 cases (www.thedailystar.com)
The government has announced a 14-day mandatory quarantine for any person arriving in Bangladesh from abroad as coronavirus cases rose in the country.
For any suspected cases (fever 100 F/38 C, dry cough and shortness of breath and people coming from COVID-19 affected countries)
PLEASE CALL
Shasthya Bataon Hotline: 16263
IEDCR hotline numbers: 01550064901, 01550064902, 01550064903, 01550064904, 01550064905, 01401184551, 01401184554, 01401184555, 01401184556, 01401184559, 01401184560, 01401184563, 01401184568, 01927711784, 01927711785, 01937000011, 01937110011
Visit IEDCR website: (https://www.iedcr.gov.bd/index.php/component/content/article/73- ncov-2019) for more information.
IEDCR Facebook ID for sending information: Iedcr,COVID-19 Control Room
There are four hospitals appointed as “Reference Hospital” for COVID-2019 patients in Bangladesh at this moment.
Bangladesh Kuwait Friendship Hospital
Kurmitola General Hospital
Infectious Diseases Hospital
Mohanagar General Hospital
