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Nazmul Ahasan @nazmul_ahasan_·

29 Mar

‘We have shortage of manpower when it comes to collecting samples,’ said IEDCR director Meerjady Sabrina Flora.

‘A queue of people is waiting to be tested because we cannot collect samples of all of them every day.’

https://www.newagebd.net/article/103334/iedcr-struggles-as-queue-of-test-seekers-grows

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Nazmul Ahasan @nazmul_ahasan_·

29 Mar

A single para explains the underreporting: "In the last 2 months, over 8 lakh people had called the Covid-19 hotlines for tests. IEDCR hotlines alone received over 70k calls. But only less than 1,100 have been tested and 48 positive cases have been found."
https://tbsnews.net/coronavirus-chronicle/coronavirus-bangladesh/disturbing-curve-ahead-62299

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Nazmul Ahasan @nazmul_ahasan_·

29 Mar

Please tell me the spike in numbers of people with respiratory or breathing problems admitted to hospitals this year vis-a-vis last year has nothing to with coronavirus.

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Nazmul Ahasan @nazmul_ahasan_·

29 Mar

On 17 Mar, @ProthomAlo reports GoB had only 1732 test kits yet did not allow @icddr_b, an org with global repute, and others to conduct tests. IEDCR, the sole govt authority, has found no new case in 2 consecutive days, raising further questions about its capacity and approach.

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Nazmul Ahasan @nazmul_ahasan_·

28 Mar

This is devastating 😥

Ikhtisad Ahmed@ikhtisad

The WHO warns of "a complete saturation of the health system early in the epidemic" and dire health consequences for the population of #Bangladesh without necessary interventions to tackle #Covid19: https://storage.googleapis.com/netra/2020/united-nations-interagency-covid-19-memo-without-interventions-upto-2-million-people-may-die-in-bangladesh-928.html

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Nazmul Ahasan @nazmul_ahasan_·

26 Mar

Bangladesh has so far identified 44 coronavirus cases, and five died, meaning an 11% death rate. Clearly, the government is not testing enough people. This will have serious consequences for the world's most densely populated country, with a population of 160 million.

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Nazmul Ahasan @nazmul_ahasan_·

26 Mar

"Dhaka- based journalist Nazmul Ahasan said, that the biggest casualty in this “political fiasco” of releasing Zia amidst the pandemic is probably the people’s perception of justice in Bangladesh."

https://scroll.in/article/957258/bangladesh-decision-to-free-ex-pm-khaleda-zia-amidst-covid-19-outbreak-is-shrewd-observers-say

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