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Bangladesh battles COVID

21 Jan: Two million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine doses sent by India as a gift are unloaded for preservation at the EPI storage in Tejgaon. asif mahmud ove

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Published : 05 Aug 2023, 05:06 PM

Updated : 05 Aug 2023, 05:06 PM

27 Jan:
Runu Veronica Costa, a nurse at
the Kurmitola General Hospital in
Dhaka, received the first COVID-19
vaccine shot in Bangladesh
to kick off the country’s mass
immunisation campaign. ABM Aktaruzzaman

18 Feb:
Bangladesh cricket team captain
Tamim Iqbal receives his COVID-19 vaccine dose at Kurmitola General Hospital in Dhaka. PID

10 Mar: President Md Abdul Hamid receives the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Bangabhaban. Press wing, Bangabhaban

24 Mar:
The number of positive COVID-19 patients began to climb near the end of March. More people came to Dhaka’s Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital to undergo tests than previously. asif mahmud ove

30 Mar:
People, many without masks, crowd a street market in Dhaka’s Gulistan, despite the new social distancing rules, amid a record surge in coronavirus cases. asif mahmud ove

7 Apr:
As the number of deaths from COVID-19 rose, more families visited the graveyard at Dhaka’s Rayerbazar for burials. Mahmud_Zaman _Ovi

12 Apr:
The ‘strictest lockdown’, announced by the government to curb a surge in coronavirus infections, has grown lax on its second day. Though a lockdown notice hangs on an entry road to Dhaka’s Golapganj area, people are milling about the area. Mahmud_Zaman _Ovi

13 Apr:
People crowd the speedboat pier at the Shimulia port in Munshinganj to cross the Padma River before the imposition of the government’s ‘strictest lockdown’. bdnews24.com

16 Apr:
Muslim devotees attend the first Jummah prayers of the month of Ramadan at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque amid the coronavirus pandemic. LUTFOR_RAHAMAN

17 Apr:
Bangladesh had arranged 14 flights to take expatriates stuck during the lockdown back to their places of work. However, half of the flights were later cancelled, leaving many stranded at Dhaka airport. Mahmud_Zaman _Ovi

18 Apr:
Health Minister Zahid Maleque inaugurates the DNCC Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital, which comes with 212 beds in the ICU unit. The new clinic opens as hospital beds are overwhelmed amid a second wave of coronavirus infections bdnews24.com

20 Apr:
Parijan Khatun, an elderly woman who was experiencing breathing difficulties and COVID symptoms, transfers from a private hospital to Chattogram Medical College Hospital. bdnews24.com/Sumon Babu

22 Apr:
Despite the lockdown, 70-year-old Mofazzal Hossain decided to ply his trade as a rickshaw driver. But the heat has sapped the strength from his legs and he has to stop for a rest on the sidewalk beneath a tree near Dhaka University’s Jagannath Hall. For twenty years, Mofazzal raised his two sons by pedalling his rickshaw. Now they are busy with their own families. Hunger has forced him to continue earning his livelihood despite the lockdown. After all, without his daily earnings, he and his third child – a daughter – will have nothing to eat. bdnews24.com/Mahmud Zaman Ovi

28 Apr:
Bangladesh is not suffering the same crisis in oxygen supply as its neighbour India, but the demand has also shot up as hospitals try to help COVID patients with breathing difficulties. In an effort to meet this demand, oxygen producers have kept factories open 24 hours a day bdnews24.com/Asif Mahmud Ove

8 May:
The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation initially decided to suspend ferry service on the Shimulia-Banglabazar route ahead of Eid to tamp down a surge in COVID cases. As such, massive crowds of Eid holidaymakers immediately swarmed whatever river vessel seemed ready to make the crossing. bdnews24.com/Muhammad Mostafigur Rahman

12 May:
A C-130J Bangladesh Air Force aircraft brings a shipment of 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine gifted by China to Dhaka. Bangladesh initially signed a deal with the Serum Institute of India for COVID vaccines for its inoculation drive, but a huge surge in cases saw India halt all exports of the
shot. Bangladesh then reached a separate deal with China for doses of their vaccine. bdnews24.com

13 May:
Devotees maintain social distancing during the first Eid-ul-Fitr prayer service at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka asif mahmud ove

4 Jun:
A section of the Rayerbazar Graveyard in Dhaka has been set aside for the burial of COVID victims. Loved ones pray for the souls of the departed in front of their graves after Friday prayers. asif mahmud ove

21 Jun:
The family of Hosne Ara Begum from Narayanganj moves her to the COVID unit at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on a gurney. She was admitted due to breathing difficulties. bdnews24.com

1 Jul:
Bangladesh initiated another week of strict lockdown nationwide to curb coronavirus infections. The police, BGB, the Armed Police Battalion, and the military were deployed to enforce restrictions. bdnews24.com

7 Jul:
Bangladesh made masks mandatory in public spaces due to the COVID pandemic, but many have refused to follow the restriction. Rickshaw driver Ali Sardar has arranged a display of masks along with a sign on his vehicle to raise awareness near the Secretariat in Dhaka. asif mahmud ove

15 Jul:
Expatriate workers line up at Suhrawardy Hospital in Dhaka to get their coronavirus vaccine shots before travelling abroad. MAHMUD ZAMAN OVI

26 Jul:
The second wave of Bangladesh’s COVID wave continues as cases continue to climb. The rush of patients is stretching hospital resources. A convention centre is prepared for patients at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka on the other © bdnews24.com/Mahmud Zaman Ovi side of the Intercontinental Hotel. MAHMUD ZAMAN OVI

7 Aug:
The Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnessa Mujib Convention Hall at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University was converted to a field hospital to cope with the worsening pandemic situation. The expansion adds a thousand beds, including ICU and HDU beds. bdnews24.com/Kazi Salahuddin Raju

7 Aug:
Bangladesh organised mass vaccination drives to protect its population from the coronavirus pandemic. Two elderly women who were unable to travel far from their homes were able to get their shots at the Mohammadpur Government Primary School in Dhaka when the health authorities expanded the drive to the ward and union levels asif mahmud ove

12 Aug:
Women cleaners for Dhaka North City Corporation Area-3 (Mohakhali) show off the special vaccination cards they received after getting their COVID-19 shots. asif mahmud ove

2 Nov:
Students crowd South Point School in Dhaka’s Malibagh a day after Bangladesh launched a programme to vaccinate school-going children. bdnews24.com

22 Nov:
Members of the third-gender community receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The special initiative was launched at the office of the Chattogram Civil Surgeon. bdnews24.com/ Sumon Babu

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