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Bangladesh on Monday extended its strictest lockdown to July 14 to combat a surge in coronavirus cases led by the highly contagious Delta variant, with areas bordering India taking the brunt of ...
COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh Disease COVID-19 Virus strain SARS-CoV-2 Location Bangladesh First outbreak Wuhan, Hubei, China Index case Narayanganj & Madaripur (Hospitalized in Dhaka) Arrival date 8 March 2020 Confirmed cases 2,051,576 Recovered 1,504,709 Deaths 29,499 Fatality rate 1.44% Vaccinations 151,507,170 (total vaccinated) 142,201,680 (fully vaccinated) 361,742,560 (doses ...
In the middle of May, India was the first South Asian country to overtake China in terms of the number of coronavirus cases. On 4 June, Pakistan was the second South Asian country. And on 13 June, Bangladesh was the third South Asian country. In India, the number of recoveries exceeded the number of active cases on 10 June.
Travel restrictions reduced the spread of the virus. However, because they were implemented after community transmission had begun in several countries around the globe, they produced only a modest reduction in the total number of infections. Travel restrictions may be most important at the start and end of a pandemic. [3]
Bangladesh began the administration of COVID-19 vaccines on 27 January 2021, focusing initially on a pilot program of 500 health workers, [58] while mass vaccination started on 7 February 2021. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was planned that 6 million doses would be administered in the first month, and a further 5 million the following month. [ 58 ]
Travel to Ghana from countries with over 200 positive COVID-19 cases was deterred by authorities, with such travelers being denied admission; however, this restriction did not apply to Ghanaian citizens or people with resident permits. [171] All of the country's borders were later closed from midnight of Sunday 22 March 2020.
The UK government has revised its travel guidance for Bangladesh, cautioning that “terrorists are likely to try to carry out attacks” in the South Asian nation.. Issued by the Foreign ...
They sent 10 lakh doses of vaccines to us as a grant within a week of the roll-out in India.” [22] St. Lucia on behalf of CARICOM thanked India for providing vaccine supplies to them. [21] [23] Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the supply of "Made in India" COVID-19 vaccines. She tweeted, "PM ...