One in every 10 people in the capital may have already been infected with Covid-19, says the World Bank, warning that the coronavirus pandemic is not likely to pass anytime soon.
Even if the actual infections were much higher than the registered cases, it seemed unlikely that Bangladesh and other South Asian countries were already close to the levels that would trigger herd immunity, the global lender said in its latest report on the nations.
"The evidence that those who recover from Covid-19 develop long-term immunity is not very solid. Hence, there is significant uncertainty about the future development of the pandemic in South Asia, and the only relative certainty is that it is unlikely to pass anytime soon," said the report, released yesterday.
The report titled "Beaten or Broken? Informality and Covid-19" comes at a time when Bangladesh is fearing a second wave of the coronavirus infection in the upcoming winter amid a steady number of daily infections and deaths.
The total number of confirmed cases in the country stood at 374,592 after the authorities recorded 1,441 new cases in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday against 13,605 tests.
Thats so sad to hear and hope the situation will get better