Bangladesh sees one-day death toll of 201 COVID in increasing cases | Coronavirus News Plague

Bangladesh also reported the death of 201 COVID-19 on Wednesday, the highest number in a single day since the outbreak began in March last year.

This was the first time that the death toll had risen to 200 in around 24 hours in South Asia with a population of about 165 million, with an estimated 15,593 deaths.

A one-day death toll from 164 deaths was recorded Monday. The first week of July killed 1,090 people, the highest weekly in the country.

A total of 11,162 people have been diagnosed with the disease in the past 24 hours, counting 9,77,568, officials said Wednesday.

With new cases of coronavirus and fatal deaths, Bangladesh promised Monday a nationwide closure one week.

The Delta species of coronavirus, the first known in neighboring India, was responsible for the spread of the disease in Bangladesh, furthering its treatment and threatening medical complications.

The tribes hit the border areas of Bangladesh north and southwest last month and are now rapidly spreading in towns and villages across the country.

More changes

Tahmina Shirin, director of the capital Dhaka-based Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) told Al Jazeera that they found Delta differences in 78% of all samples they followed last month.

The IEDCR first recognized the Delta in Bangladesh on May 8. The following month, it found that the changes were already widespread in the country.

When areas bordering India, including Dinajpur, Chapainawabganj, Pirojpur, Khulna and Satkhira met for the first time with the growth of the Delta, it has now begun to dominate the spread of Dhaka, Shirin said.

“We believe that the strong closure has helped to reduce the spread of the Delta species but has not been able to stop it completely,” he said.

Shirin said people who took the coronavirus vaccine were also found to be infected with the Delta virus.

“But our best chance to fight this is to give us a comprehensive vaccination,” he said.

Only 3% of Bangladeshi people have been vaccinated.

After the start of the campaign earlier this year, the country’s self-defense program hit India, after a second outbreak of the virus, it stopped shipping AstraZeneca shells.

The immunization program, however, has also been boosted over the weekend since Bangladesh received 2.5 million doses of Moderna vaccine from the United States and 2 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China.

Experts involved when the festivities begin

Experts, meanwhile, are worried and fearful of the worst in the coming days if two possible “highly publicized” events – the well-known cattle market and Eid al-Adha – are imminent.

Prior to the annual Muslim Festival, many temporary camps are located mainly in Dhaka and the port city of Chattogram where cattle ranchers from all over the country sell sacrificial meat. Millions flock to these markets.

Major cities also have an increase in the number of millions of people traveling by train, bus, truck and special vehicle to reach the countryside for the celebration with their families.

Be-Nazir Ahmed, an infectious disease specialist in Bangladesh, told Al Jazeera that the government should promote this, which ends on July 14, until Eid al-Adha.

“The government should also ban cattle traders from coming to the capital from rural areas, especially from the Indian border and where COVID is at its peak,” he said.

Ahmed said if the ban was lifted and people were allowed to travel, the country could see a “big COVID explosion” after the Eid al-Adha festival.

“The number will be huge. We are going to experience what India has experienced over the past few months, “said Ahmed, a senior medical officer at the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS) in Bangladesh.

DGHS spokesman Nazmul Islam says government policy makers know the problem could be exacerbated if the ban was imposed before a Muslim festival.

“If the ongoing cases here continue, then a strong closure could be continued,” he said.

Islam said the government was currently working to upgrade hospital beds and ensure that more staff were available in COVID-19 hospitals.

“In addition, we are highlighting the need to establish regional hospitals, especially outside Dhaka,” he said.