Thinking relaxation as an ‘opportunity’ will be a big danger!



Shahahan Molla, Senior Correspondent, Barta24.com, Dhaka
Thinking relaxation as an ‘opportunity’ will be a big danger!

Thinking relaxation as an ‘opportunity’ will be a big danger!

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Every day, the coronavirus is breaking the previous record of infections and deaths and setting new records. Although this high rate of infection continues, the government has given concessions keeping in mind the livelihood. Experts believe that if the relaxation is considered as an 'opportunity' to go out and socialize more and more, then there is a risk of greater danger.

While welcoming the government's decision considering people's livelihoods, they also called for strict adherence to health norms. According to experts, a little carelessness can bring great risks to oneself and one's family.

Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest festivals of Muslims will be held on July 21. Sacrificial animals will start coming from villages to towns & cities on the occasion of Eid. People will run from one market in the city to another to buy animals. Because there has been a severe lockdown for a long time, extreme uncertainty has come down in the lives of all classes of people. Considering the livelihood of the people, the government has relaxed the restrictions for 8 days from 15th July to 22nd July. Public transport, trains and shopping malls will operate during this time. Then from July 23 the government will impose strict restrictions again.

Experts said everyone who goes to the village should take the highest protection at the risk of their own lives. Considering the livelyhood of the people without considering the laxity of the government as a means of livelihood, one must follow the rules of hygiene while using public transport in shopping malls and markets because urban villages are nowhere safe. The only way to reduce this high corona infection rate is for people to follow strict hygiene rules. And with that, those who are going home for Eid have to keep the return journey in mind because one day time will be available to return after Eid.

Mirzadi Sebrina Flora, Additional Director General (Planning and Development) at the Ministry of Health, an entomologist and public health expert, told Barta24.com about the high rate of corona infection and relaxation of Eid restrictions. There is no security anywhere that you don't have to go there. The more we move, the more we go to the shopping mall, the less hygienic the human being, the greater the risk of infection.

She added that the government often has to make decisions based on livelihood and the general people. The reason for the government's laxity is not that the infection is increasing. The government relaxes this to ensure livelihood. Rather, it is our responsibility to cooperate with the government in compliance with the health rules.

Mirzadi Sebrina Flora said that if we do not follow the hygiene rules, the risk of infection will increase after Eid. We have to be careful. The government has given opportunities for livelihood that we should not compromise with life. Adherence to hygiene, social distance, and avoidance of work that is not necessary can only be controlled if it is limited to livelihoods.

"Whether the current corona infection rate is likely to decrease depends on a number of factors," she said. One of them is how to follow the hygiene rules. If we were wearing full time masks then maybe we wouldn't need to go to lockdown.

250-bed TB Hospital (Shyamoli, Dhaka) Assistant Director Ayesha Akhter Shilpi told Barta24.com that villages are a little safer than cities because the population density in the village is less than in the city. The village houses are a little far away. Dhaka has a high population density. Due to the distance between the houses in the village, the risk of spreading the infection is less. But there is an opportunity to go out of Dhaka again on Eid, so if you go home with the virus on the way, the risk will increase there too. I can see an example of this after the last Eid-ul-Fitr. The corona Delta type has already spread to different districts as people flock from the city to the villages which has now spread all over the country.

So everyone has to think about their own safety first. Corona can be prevented by following the hygiene rules. "If we can protect ourselves, follow hygiene rules, wear masks and maintain distance, then corona control is possible," said the doctor.

Dr. Ayesha Akhter Shilpi said instructions have been given to run public transport leaving the seats vacant. Shopping malls and hat- bazaars have also been instructed about opening at a distance. There is no problem if these are followed. And if you don't follow the hygiene rules, there is no possibility of reducing corona. Failure to comply with the restrictions will increase the risk.

   

Omicron: Isolation period is 10 days instead of 14 days



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Dhaka: Coronavirus infection is on the rise in the country. According to the Directorate of Health, if anybody is infected with corona, he will need to have isolation for 10 days instead of 14 days from now. 

On Sunday (January 30) at noon, in the regular virtual bulletin of the directorate about the situation of corona infection in the country, the line director and spokesperson of the disease control unit of the health directorate, Prof. Dr. Md. Nazmul Islam said this. 

"If the corona test is positive, we will talk about isolation for 10 days now," he said. When the fever goes away, he will return to work in 10 days after the symptoms go away. Earlier, the RT-PCR certificate had to be taken as a condition, but we are postponing it for the time being. 

"Everyone is talking about Omicron's symptoms," he said. Symptoms include runny nose, headache, fatigue, sneezing, sore throat, and cough. He said that if a person has a sore throat due to cold or fever due to shivering, the advice of a doctor should also be taken. 

Dr. Md. Nazmul Islam said, "As the rate of corona infection has increased in the country, so has our vaccination program." Those who have taken the second dose and are considered eligible for the booster dose, even those who have received the vaccine message but have not been vaccinated due to the corona infection, will be able to take the booster dose six weeks after recovery.

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More 12 people die, 11434 get covid & 752 recovered



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Twelve more people died from deadly virus corona while 11434 people got infected by the virus in the last 24 hours across the country.

This information was sent to the media on Friday ( January 21) by DGHS through a press release.

According to the press release, the latest deaths and cases of infection have brought the toll to 28192 and 1664616 respectively.

The release said that 752 people have recovered bringing the recovery figure to 1555597 so far.

During the period 40134 samples were tested in 852 authorized labs making a total 12047715 samples so far.

It may be mentioned here that the first case of corona infection was detected in Bangladesh on last March 8 (2020) while the first death occurred on March 18.

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More  04 people die, 277 get covid & 326 recovered 



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Four more people died from deadly virus corona while 277 people got infected by the virus in the last 24 hours across the country.

This information was sent to the media on Wednesday  (December  6) by DGHS through a press release.

According to the press release, the latest deaths and cases of infection have brought the toll to 28005 and 1577720 respectively

The release said that 326 people have recovered bringing the recovery figure to 1542720 so far.

During the period 19237 samples were tested in 848 authorized labs making the total to 10000843 samples since Covid testings have started in the country. 

It may be mentioned here that the first case of corona infection was detected in Bangladesh on last March 8 (2020) while the first death occurred on March 18.

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More 26 people die, 1555 get covid & 1565 recovered 



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Twenty six more people died from deadly virus corona while 1555 people got infected by the virus in the last 24 hours across the country.

This information was sent to the media on Monday (September 20) by DGHS through a press release.

According to the press release, the latest deaths and cases of infection have brought the toll to 27251 and 1544238 respectively.

The release said that during the time 27431 simples  were tested at 800 authorized laboratories across the country making the total test of 9465087 samples. 1565 people have recovered bringing the recovery figure to 1503106 so far.

It may be mentioned here that the first case of corona infection was detected in Bangladesh on last March 8 (2020) while the first death occurred on March 18.

 

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