Covid-19 situation can get worse after Eid: DGHS
The
alarming Coronavirus transmission surge in the country can get worse after
Eid-ul-Fitr, warned Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) spokesman
Nazmul Islam on Sunday.
In a
regular bulletin, Nazmul Islam said, although the new variant has been detected
in the country, medical services and management strategies remain the same.
"The
Indian variant was found today, tomorrow another new variant will emerge if we
fail to break the chain of rising new variants," he said.
The
number of patients will not go down as medical services including equipment and
manpower are not unlimited in the country," he said.
The
infection rate remained below 10 per cent for the past few days which has shown
a ray of hope but there is no scope for being satisfied, he stated.
Centering
the Eid vacation, people are rushing to leave the capital for their ancestral
homes all across the country, which can radically spread the virus.
The
current Covid-19 situation can turn grim after Eid if the lockdown is relaxed,
he suspected.
It's
just five days till Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival in the country,
and people are rushing out of the capital like every other year to celebrate
the holidays with family.
However,
the situation is different since last year as the global coronavirus pandemic
continues to rattle the world, specially countries in South Asia of late.
In order
to stop the deadly second wave of coronavirus and its new variant from
spreading, the government has deployed Border Guard Bangladesh on the
Paturia-Daulatdia and Shimulia-Banglabazar routes in Manikganj and Munshiganj
from early Sunday to stop the mad rush of homebound people.
Earlier,
the government enforced the lockdown from April 6, which was later extended in
several phases in the face of a surge in Covid-19 infections in the country.
Lastly,
the lockdown was extended until 16 May as the second of the pandemic wave hit
the country.
But the
movement of all kinds of long-haul public transport is to remain suspended
ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. Launch and train services will also remain
suspended at this time.
But, the
government allowed resumption of public transport inside cities and
intra-districts from 6 May.