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Coronavirus: WHO defends coronavirus outbreak response

The World Health Organization says it "didn't waste time" responding to the coronavirus after facing criticism for its handling of the outbreak. Its head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the WHO's declaration of the virus as a world health emergency on 30 January gave "enough time for the remainder of the planet to respond". At the time there have been only 82 cases outside China and no deaths. Today there are quite 3.2m cases and 234,000 deaths recorded worldwide. US President Donald Trump has said the WHO "really blew" its response and accused it of bias towards China. The US is that the global health body's largest single funder and President Trump…

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What is Pandemic

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Pandemic? Introduction We have all likely heard the word pandemic used in some conversation. In most cases, we associate pandemics with terrifying diseases. With the recent outbreak of the coronavirus and the prior outbreak of Ebola, we need to know more about this. Once we can understand a problem fully, then we will be able to find a solution. In the cases where there is no known solution, then we can aim to avoid it. So we need to ask ourselves what an epidemic is, and what it takes for a disease to be a pandemic. To understand what a…

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COVID-19 diagnosis and reporting: why this is so important?

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COVID-19 Like many other countries, Bangladesh is now started seeing more cases of COVID-19, it might sound like less number of positive cases and late diagnosis. We all need to keep in mind that, this has been same in all other countries including USA, where this slow rate of diagnosis has been pushed so much within a week that crossed the maximum number of diagnosis/day/week than any other countries. One obvious question is why to do this diagnosis even everybody is saying there is no specific treatment? Whether a person is diagnosed or not, only one recommendation is 'STAY…

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Novel coronavirus spread and how can you protect yourself?

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COVID-19 spreads from person to person in close immediacy, almost like other respiratory illnesses. Public health expert SAID Prepare for coronavirus, but don’t terrify.The new coronavirus continues to spread around the world, prompting governments to step-up efforts to contain the increase of the disease it causes, officially referred to as COVID-19. How is that the coronavirus spreading? The coronavirus - referred to as COVID-19 - spreads from person to person in close proximity, almost like other respiratory illnesses, like the flu. Droplets of saliva or mucus - from an infected person are dispersed within the air or on surfaces by coughing or sneezing. These droplets can inherit direct contact with people or can infect those that pick them up by touching infected surfaces then their face.…

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