Global COVID-2019 Pandemic
Situation Report on Bangladesh as of July 05, 2020
WHO has declared the recent COVID-2019 outbreak as “Pandemic” as of 11/03/2020. The countries are asked 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 (Jul 5 at 9.45 here)
No. of affected countries 213
Total cases 11,382,890
Total recovered 6,440,083
Active cases 4,409,334
Total deaths 533,473
Bangladesh Status (Mar 7-Jul 4)
Total cases 159,679
New cases 3,288
Tests in last 24 hours 14,727 Total recovered 70,721
Active cases 86,961
Total deaths 1,997
Recent News in Bangladesh
● Bangladesh moves 7 notches up in 2020 SDG Index- www.en.prothomalo.com
● Covid-19: Dhaka sees single digit death toll for the first time in 6 weeks - www.dhakatribune.com
● Virus Reproduction Rate: Data shows drop, experts doubtful - www.thedailystar.net
● Samorita Hospital opens Covid-19 unit - www.tbsnews.net
● 'PM leveraging Digital Bangladesh initiatives in delivering post-Covid public health services' - www.tbsnews.net
● Assault of journalist: 2 Ansar members ‘closed’, probe body formed - www.thedailystar.net
● Wari goes into 21-day lockdown - www.thedailystar.net
● No tropical or demographic dividends from Covid-19 - www.tbsnews.net
● How “facts” influenced Covid policy - www.thedailystar.net
● Covid-19 battering frontline fighters in Bangladesh - www.dhakatribune.com
● WHO halts hydroxychloroquine, HIV drugs in Covid-19 trials after failure to reduce death - www.dhakatribune.com
● FARIDPUR REGION ICU: ‘Sometimes, patients die on the way’ - www.thedailystar.net
● Wake up and halt virus - www.thedailystar.net
● 11,431 police personnel test Covid-19 positive so far - www.tbsnews.net
● Internet blackout for a couple of hours every week is a real - www.thedailystar.net
COVID-19 Preventive Measure
Wear mask in any public place and in an office room
Frequently wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 sec
Maintain physical distancing at least two metres (six feet)
Cover your mouth and nose with tissue/handkerchief or with bent when you cough or sneeze
Avoid touching face (mouth, nose and eyes)
Avoid mass gatherings
● Another doctor dies of Covid-19 in Dhaka - www.tbsnews.net
● Doctors’ crisis hits SBMCH amid Covid-19 - www.tbsnews.net
● CU campus goes under 14-day lockdown - www.tbsnews.net
● The ICU Finder, a friend in need - www.tbsnews.net
● Uttar Kattoli lockdown in port city yields good result - www.tbsnews.net
● OP-ED: Put the focus on food, health, and education - www.dhakatribune.com
● Distance Learning During Pandemic: Digital divide leaves many behind - www.thedailystar.net
● Pay wages of RMG workers before Eid, Quader to owners - https://en.samakal.com/
● RMG export to US declines by 12.5% in first five months of 2020 - www.thedailystar.net
● RMG Workers: Allow them Eid holidays in phases - www.thedailystar.net
● 4 DPDC officials suspended over inflated electricity bills - www.thedailystar.net
● Two more foreign airlines granted permission to resume flights from Dhaka - www.thedailystar.net
● Amid pandemic, EC decides to hold Bogura-1 and Jashore-6 by-polls on July 14 - www.thedailystar.net
● Biman cancels all int’l flights except to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, London till July 30 - www.thedailystar.net
● DSCC CEO violates lockdown rules - www.en.prothomalo.com
● People coming out during lockdown in Wari - www.en.prothomalo.com
● Chattogram lawyer dies with COVID-19 symptoms - www.en.prothomalo.com
● Online cattle sales poised to level up for pandemic this Eid - www.thedailystar.net
PLEASE CALL
Corona Info Hotline: 333, 16263, 10655 (https://corona.gov.bd/call_center) Visit DGHS website: https://corona.gov.bd/
Reference Hospitals for COVID-2019 patients in Bangladesh:
Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital
Kurmitola General Hospital
National Chest Infectious Diseases Hospital
Dhaka Medical College Hospital
Bangladesh Railway Hospital
Mohanagar General Hospital
Sheikh Russel Gastro Liver Institute & Hospital
Sajida Foundation Hospital
Mirpur Maternity Hospital
Jinjira 20 bed Specialized Hospital
Amin Bazar 31 bed Hospital
Kamrangirchar 50 bed Hospital Source: http://www.corona.gov.bd/
