COVID-19 and Bangladesh: Challenges and How to Address Them

COVID-19 and Bangladesh: Challenges and How to Address Them

Mohammad Jakir Hosen, Saeed Anwar, Mohammad Nasrullah

As the coronavirus outbreak quickly surges worldwide, many countries are adopting non-therapeutic preventive measures, which include travel bans, remote office activities, country lockdown, and most importantly, social distancing. However, these measures face challenges in Bangladesh, a lower-middle-income economy with one of the world's densest populations. Social distancing is difficult in many areas of the country, and with the minimal resources the country has, it would be extremely challenging to implement the mitigation measures. Mobile sanitization facilities and temporary quarantine sites and healthcare facilities could help mitigate the impact of the pandemic at a local level. A prompt, supportive, and empathic collaboration between the Government, citizens, and health experts, along with international assistance, can enable the country to minimize the impact of the pandemic.

2020

healthcare, Testing, novel coronavirus, COVID-19, community mitigation, non-therapeutic intervention

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00154

Frontiers in Public Health

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Public aspects of medicine