Staff Reporter :
Contamination of Covid-19 surged again in several countries, including neighbouring India, might affect Bangladesh as well, Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday said it.
“The number of daily infections of Covid-19 in Bangladesh is insignificant in recent days, but the situation may take a turn for the worse considering the recent uptick in many countries including India,” the health minister said.
“Huge number of people from our country are travelling in India, where there has been an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases. In this situation those visitors have to be kept under monitoring on return,” he said.
The health minister has said that about 130 million Bangladeshis have taken at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine. He said that many developed countries even have not been able to vaccinate so many people.
As per the data of the health authorities, Bangladesh has reported zero deaths from the coronavirus on Sunday, with 24 new cases logged in the last 24 hours.
It showed that the overall caseload in the country now stands at 1,952,556 while fatalities at 29,127.
A total of 5,88 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 0.41pc. The data of the health directorate said also that another 329 people recovered from Covid-19 across the country taking the total recovery to 1,893,460.
The latest figures put the recovery rate at 96.97pc and the mortality rate at 1.49pc. Meanwhile, India on Sunday recorded more than 2,000 new Covid-19 infections for the fifth consecutive day.
Adding to the 2,593 new infections, India’s total number of infections reached 43,057,545. The country’s death toll climbed to 522,193 with 44 fresh deaths.
India, on April 5, lifted restrictions on cross-border travel to and from Bangladesh, though the country had reopened its air routes earlier. In case of traveling and medical treatment purposes, India is a popular destination for Bangladesh people.
As per the data, Bangladesh was the largest source of over 2.57 million foreign tourists arriving in India in 2019, before the pandemic.
