Governing COVID-19 in Bangladesh: Realities and Reflections to Build Forward Better
Date
2021-07-27Author
Hassan, Mirza
Hossain, Naomi
Islam, Sirajul
Hoque, Rafsanul
Khan, Insiya
Salina Aziz, Syeda
Nahreen, Avia
Ul Hoque, Mahan
Osmani, S. R.
Siddiquee, M. S. H.
Sultan, Maheen
Jahan Antara, Iffat
Zaman, Shahaduz
Hossain, Faruq
Matin, Imran
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Abstract
As Bangladesh celebrates its 50th year of independence in 2021, it also faces an
unprecedented health, social, and economic crisis in the form of the COVID-19 pandemic. A
wave of the highly transmissible and deadly Delta variant of the Coronavirus swept through a
population, of which less than 3% have been fully vaccinated. Infection rates rose sharply from
mid-May to mid-July of 2021, but the 1.12 million recorded cases and 18,125 recorded deaths
are very likely to be an underestimation. After the first nationwide lockdown of 2021 was
announced on 5 April, a second and officially far stricter lockdown was declared in July 2021;
but restrictions were eased for the Eid-ul-Adha festival on 21 July. A large majority of the
population continues to rely on daily wages, indicating the need for cash or food support to
allow them to comply with the lockdown.
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BIGD & ARC. (2021). State of Governance in Bangladesh 2020–2021: Governing COVID19 in Bangladesh: Realities and Reflections to Build Forward Better. State of Governance report series, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD)More details
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