Covid-19 Winter wave: people with conditions will be at greater risk

Chilly or not, the coming winter is set to be an ominous one.

The spike of pneumonia and asthmatic cases, triggered by the cold and poor air quality, is a typical winter woe.

But this winter, the novel coronavirus will be an additional and potentially deadlier peril, with some countries fearing it will add to the Covid-19 death toll by thousands.

As Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has warned, this winter is likely to herald a second wave of the pandemic in Bangladesh and third or fourth waves in many other places of the world.