A Short Review on the Covid-19 Situation in Bangladesh: Current Perspectives

Abstract

During the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, extensive progress in clinical and immunological research on the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as well as epidemiological surveillance is ongoing around the world. Indeed, halting the enduring spread of this virus has become the most important issue around the world from a public health perspective. Bangladeshi people are at high risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection since a number of circulating variants of the virus have been evident in this country. In order to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 from Bangladesh, primarily the curative preparation besides remedial action like self-isolation, social distancing, lockdown strategies are essential to avoid community transmission. Some of the major healthcare infrastructure challenges in Bangladesh project from the highly centralized healthcare system; weak regulatory and governance structures; difficulties in the institutional healthcare management by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW); lack of private sector based healthcare management system regulation; and the disparity of the healthcare facilities/medical equipment. Development of the health sector's infrastructure to a global level ensures rapid and accurate diagnosis. Besides, the sound treatment facilities of the severe COVID-19 patients, as well as the vaccination of the total population of the country with appropriate vaccines are needed. Further work for the improvement of the COVID-19 situation in Bangladesh needs flawless analysis of the emerging variants of the SARS-CoV-2 as well as understanding their pathophysiology in order to select the appropriate clinical treatment. Based on these parameters, the present review discussed the essential issues based on the recent literature published on the COVID-19 situation in both local and global aspects.