COVID-19 pandemic
Bangladesh sees 2 Covid deaths after 7 days gap; New cases 36
Bangladesh has logged two more Covid-19-linked deaths with 36 fresh cases in 24 hours till Monday morning.
The country logged one Covid-linked death with 44 cases on April 11.
As per the latest government data, the country’s total fatalities stood at 29,126 while the caseload mounted to 19,52 362 with the new numbers.
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The daily positivity rate slightly dropped to 0.67 per cent from Sunday’s 1.04 per cent after testing 5,407 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Besides, the mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per cent.
The recovery rate rose to 96.87 per cent with the recovery of 355 more patients during the 24-hour period.
In March, the country reported 85 Covid-linked deaths and 8,000 new cases while 66,639 patients recovered from the disease, according to DGHS.
Among the 85 deaths during the period, 44 were unvaccinated patients, 11 were vaccinated with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, 28 with the second dose and two with the third dose.
The country reported its first zero Covid-related death in a single day on November 20 last year, along with 178 infections, since the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020.
On January 28, Bangladesh logged its previous highest daily positivity rate at 33.37 per cent reporting 15,440 cases and 20 deaths.
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Besides, the country registered the highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year, while the highest number of daily fatalities was 264 on August 10 last year.
SANEM publishes latest findings from study on garment workers
January of this year was the busiest month for garment workers in Bangladesh since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Workers spent 295 hours on average in the factory during the 27 working days in January, which is higher than usual.
This was revealed in a research of South Asian Network on Economic Modelling (SANEM), in collaboration with USA-based non-profit organization, Microfinance Opportunities (MFO), on the quality of life of garment workers in Bangladesh.
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Around 1,300 selected garment workers are surveyed every week since April 2020 under the project “Garment Worker Diaries”.
These workers are employed in factories spread across the five main industrial areas of Bangladesh (Chittagong, Dhaka City, Gazipur, Narayanganj, and Savar).
Three-quarters of the survey respondents are women, which roughly represents the composition of labour force in the RMG sector as a whole. This press release has been prepared from the survey data collected in January and February of 2022.
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Excluding the one-hour lunch break, the workers worked 268 hours on average in January.
Female workers worked 267 hours on average, while male workers worked 270 hours, excluding the one-hour lunch break.
In the 24 working days of February, the workers spent 259 hours on average in the factory. Workers worked 235 hours on an average in February, excluding the one-hour lunch break.
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Among them, female workers worked 234 hours on an average and male workers worked 235 hours on an average.
In both January and February, half of the surveyed workers worked more than the legally allowed 10 hours, which accounts 8 regular hours and 2 overtime hours.
For the work in December, female workers got a salary of Tk 12,000 on average in January, while male workers got salary of Tk 12,500 on average.
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For the work in January, female workers got salary of Tk 12,000 on average in February, the same as in January.
Male workers got a salary of Tk 13,000 on average, a Tk 500 increase over the January amount.
In February, 54 percent of workers were paid through mobile financial services (bKash, Nagad, Rocket, etc.) and 46 percent were paid in cash.
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About 20 percent of the garment workers reported that at least one member of their household was ill during February.
This illness rate was 26 percent in January.
Bangladesh calls for support for sustainable development
Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam has urged the development partners to join hands with the government to adopt innovative policy in order to provide the poor and vulnerable with the instruments for a sustainable growth.
He reminded the audience that social safety nets have played a vital role in containing the socio-economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Cabinet Secretary was addressing as the chief guest at a workshop on “Lifecycle Based Social Protection Systems in Bangladesh” on Sunday, according to a press release.
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It was organized under the leadership of the Cabinet Division and with the technical support of the European Union (EU) Technical Assistance to Support Social Security in Bangladesh (TA SSSR).
Around 100 government officials from Cabinet Division and other social protection focal ministries attended the event held at a city hotel.
The European Union-funded the workshop under the framework of its budget support programme in the social protection sector, which aims to support the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) to accelerate social security reforms, in line with the spirit of the 2015 National Social Security Strategy (NSSS).
This budget support operation amounts to EUR 247 million, as direct tranches to the government, and EUR 6.5 million for technical assistance, to support the Cabinet Division and other ministries to better deliver services and increase the number of citizens reached through social security plans and programmes.
Md. Rahat Anwar, additional secretary, Coordination Wing, Cabinet Division and Md Shamsul Arefin, secretary, Coordination and Reforms, Cabinet Division participated in the event as special guests.
The technical session, led by Kavim V Bhatnagar, TA SSSR, reviewed the NSSS focus to consolidate social security programmes within a lifecycle framework.
In a typical life cycle, ranging from early pregnancy to old age, individuals face different risks and vulnerabilities at different stages.
The need for policies to support individuals at each stage of their life, and for social protection strategies to mitigate risks at each stage, said the EU Embassy in Dhaka.
It also highlighted the needs for the GoB to address the most important gaps in lifecycle coverage, for the early childhood and the working-age populations.
Moreover, the technical presentation explored the possibilities of providing social insurance (unemployment, injury, sickness and maternity) and contributory pension, as envisaged under the National Social Insurance Scheme (NSIS), embedded in the NSSS.
With rapidly ageing population of the elderly, the NSSS acknowledges the need to develop a comprehensive pension system that provides a state-guaranteed minimum income for senior citizens belonging to the poor and vulnerable group, while building a contributory pension system for those working age families who want to provide for themselves a higher level of pension income in old age.
Syed Saad Hussain Gilani, Chief Technical Advisor, ILO and Syed Moazzem Hussain, Senior Technical Advisor, GIZ presented their recent projects to pilot an employment injury scheme in the formal sector, showing how the NSIS spirit is translated into reality.
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Among the discussants, Dr. Md. Khairuzzaman Mozumder, Additional Secretary, Finance Division highlighted the progressive increment in the national social security budget over the past years and the achievements in the digitalization of beneficiaries’ data and in the number of cash transfers’ beneficiaries paid through G2P.
Mohammad Khaled Hasan, joint secretary, Cabinet Division, presented the Beveridge model, which inspired the lifecycle approach embedded in the National Social Security Strategy and presented the way forward for important social protection institutional reforms.
Hans Lambrecht, Head of Cooperation (acting) at Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh highlighted that one of the challenges for delivery pro-poor, inclusive and shock responsive social assistance and social insurance interventions, is the absence of updated and reliable beneficiaries’ data.
“For this reason, the EU welcomes with enthusiasm the new MoLE planned project to develop a Labour Information Management System (LIMS), with a module on a digital workers registry. Data are a fundamental asset, which needs to be placed in the hands of the government of Bangladesh to ensure that the social security interventions reach the people in need in the shortest time possible. The EU is ready to support the GoB to accelerate this essential reform.”
Bangladesh logs 51 Covid cases, no death
Bangladesh logged 51 fresh Covid cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning, taking the total caseload to 19,52,275.
As per the latest government data, the country’s total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,124 as no deaths were reported during the period.
The daily positivity rate increased to 1.28 per cent from Friday's 0.64 per cent f after testing 3,994 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
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On Friday, the number of infections was lower as 27 new cases were reported with no death.
Besides, the mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per cent.
The recovery rate rose to 96.84 per cent with the recovery of 252 more patients during the 24-hour period.
In March, the country reported 85 Covid-linked deaths and 8,000 new cases while 66,639 patients recovered from the disease, according to DGHS.
Among the 85 deaths during the period, 44 were unvaccinated patients, 11 were vaccinated with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, 28 with the second dose and two with the third dose.
The country reported its first zero Covid-related death in a single day on November 20 last year, along with 178 infections, since the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020.
On January 28, Bangladesh logged its previous highest daily positivity rate at 33.37 per cent reporting 15,440 cases and 20 deaths.
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Besides, the country registered the highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year, while the highest number of daily fatalities was 264 on August 10 last year.
Global Covid cases top 496 million
The overall number of Covid cases has now surpassed 496 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 496,005,686 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,170,129 Friday morning.
The US has recorded 80,289,237 cases so far and 984, 571 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
India's Covid-19 tally rose to 43,032,752 on Thursday, as 794 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, according to the federal health ministry's data.
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Besides, 117 fatalities were recorded since Wednesday morning, taking the Covid death toll in the country to 521,604.
Meanwhile, Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January last year, registered 30,094,388 infections as of Thursday, while its Covid death toll rose to 661,035.
Situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh logged 44 fresh Covid cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, taking the total caseload to 19,51,947.
As per the latest government data, the country’s total fatalities remained static at 29,123 as no death was reported during the period.
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The daily positivity rate slightly increased to 0.65 per cent from Wednesday's 0.61 per cent after testing 6,780 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
On Wednesday, the number of infections was lower as 36 new cases were reported with zero fatalities.
Besides, the mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per cent.
The recovery rate rose to 96.66 per cent with the recovery of 627 more patients during the 24-hour period.
In March, the country reported 85 Covid-linked deaths and 8,000 new cases while 66,639 patients recovered from the disease, according to DGHS.
Global Covid cases near 494 million
The overall number of Covid cases is now fast approaching 494 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 493,563,211 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,169,551 Tuesday morning.
The US has recorded 81,494,990 cases so far and 997,123 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
India's COVID-19 tally rose to 43,029,660 on Sunday, as 1,529 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data.
Besides, as many as 101 deaths due to the pandemic were reported since Saturday morning, taking the total death toll to 521,446.
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Meanwhile, Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January last year, registered 30,012,798 infections as of Monday, while its Covid death toll rose to 660,381.
Situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh logged one Covid death and 61 fresh cases in 24 hours till Monday morning, taking the total caseload to 19,51,831.
As per the latest government data, the country’s total fatalities stood at 29,123 during the period.
On Sunday, 56 new cases were reported with no death.
The latest deceased was a woman from Chattogram division aged between 41 and 50 years.
The daily positivity rate slightly decreased to 0.78 per cent from Sunday's 0.78 per cent after testing 7,787 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Of the four deaths recorded from March 28 to April 3, 100 per cent received two shots of a Covid vaccine, the DGHS said.
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All of the patients who died during the week had comorbidities. Comorbidity means the simultaneous presence of two or more diseases or medical conditions in a patient.
Besides, the mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per cent.
The recovery rate rose to 96.54 per cent with the recovery of 842 more patients during the 24-hour period.
Global Covid cases top 488 million
The overall number of Covid cases has now surpassed 488 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 488,163,510 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,142,579 Friday morning.
The US has recorded 80,103, 665 cases so far and 980,624 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
India's Covid-19 tally rose to 43,025,556 on Thursday, as 1,116 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, as per the federal health ministry's data.
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Besides, 52 new deaths from the pandemic took the total death toll to 521,211
Meanwhile, Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January last year, registered 29,947,895 infections as of Thursday, while its Covid death toll rose to 659,860.
The number of people killed by the coronavirus surged by more than 40% last week, likely due to changes in how Covid-19 deaths were reported across the Americas and by newly adjusted figures from India, according to a World Health Organization report released Wednesday.
In its latest weekly report on the pandemic, the UN health agency said the number of new coronavirus cases fell everywhere, including in WHO’s Western Pacific region, where they had been rising since December, reports AP.
About 10 million new Covid-19 infections and more than 45,000 deaths were reported worldwide over the past week, following a 23% drop in fatalities the week before.
WHO has said repeatedly that Covid-19 case counts are likely a vast underestimate of the coronavirus’ prevalence. The agency cautioned countries in recent weeks against dropping their comprehensive testing and other surveillance measures, saying that doing so would cripple efforts to accurately track the spread of the virus.
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Situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh logged 73 fresh Covid cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning, taking the total caseload to 19,51,577.
As per the latest government data, the country’s total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,122 as no death was reported during the period.
On Wednesday, the number of infections was lower as 72 new cases were reported with two deaths.
The daily positivity rate dropped a bit to 0.78 per cent from Wednesday’s 0.89 per cent after testing 9,390 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Besides, the mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per cent.
The recovery rate rose to 96.40 per cent with the recovery of 886 more patients during the 24-hour period.
Global Covid cases near 482 million
The overall number of Covid cases is fast approaching 482 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 481,965,679 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,127,067 Tuesday morning.
The US has recorded 79,995,485 cases so far and 977,687 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
The number of new coronavirus cases globally increased by 7% last week, driven largely by rising infections in the Western Pacific, even as reported deaths from Covid fell, the World Health Organization said.
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There were more than 12 million new weekly cases and just under 33,000 deaths, a 23% decline in mortality, according to the UN health agency’s report on the pandemic issued late Tuesday, reports AP.
Confirmed cases of the virus had been falling steadily worldwide since January but rose again last week, due to the more infectious omicron variant and its subvariant BA.2, in addition to the suspension of Covid protocols in numerous countries in Europe, North America and elsewhere.
China has reported more than 56,000 confirmed cases nationwide this month, reports AP.
India's Covid-19 tally rose to 43,021,722 on Monday as 999 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data.
Besides, 94 deaths due to the pandemic were reported since Saturday morning, taking the total death toll to 521,098.
Meanwhile, Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January last year, registered 9,923 cases and 86 more deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 29,852,341 and the national death toll to 659,012, the Ministry of Health said Sunday.
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Situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh logged 81 fresh Covid cases in 24 hours with one death till Monday morning, after reporting zero fatalities for the last four days.
The fresh numbers took the country’s total caseload to 19,51,363, while the death toll mounted to 29,119.
On Sunday, the number was lower as 43 new cases were reported with no new deaths.
The daily positivity rate rose a bit to 0.86 per cent from Sunday’s 0.54 per cent after 9,397 samples were tested during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Besides, the mortality rate remained unchanged too at 1.49 per cent.
The recovery rate rose to 96.28 per cent with the recovery of 993 more patients during the 24-hour period.
Global Covid cases top 477 million
The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 477 million as the pandemic enters into its third year.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 477,186,449 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,109,163 Friday morning.
The US has recorded 79,888,364 cases so far and 975,837 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
India's Covid-19 tally rose to 43,016,149 on Thursday, as 1,462 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry data.
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Besides, 82 deaths from the pandemic were reported since Wednesday morning, taking the total death toll to 516,785.
Meanwhile, Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January last year, registered 29,767,681 cases as of Thursday, while its Covid death toll rose to 658,367.
Situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh logged 92 fresh Covid cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning, taking the total caseload to 19,51,072 .
As per the latest government data, the country’s total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,118 as no death was reported during the period.
On Wednesday, the country reported one Covid-linked death with 134 fresh cases.
Also read: Bangladesh reports 92 new Covid cases, no deathThe daily positivity rate lowered to 0.76 percent from Wednesday’s 1.27 per cent after testing 12,111 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Besides, the mortality rate remained unchanged too at 1.49 per cent.
The recovery rate rose to 96.09 per cent with the recovery of 1,114 more patients during the 24-hour period.
Bangladesh reports 92 new Covid cases, no death
Bangladesh logged 92 fresh Covid cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning, taking the total caseload to 19,51,072 .
As per the latest government data, the country’s total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,118 as no death was reported during the period.
On Wednesday, the country reported one Covid-linked with 134 fresh cases.
The daily positivity rate lowered to 0.76 percent from Wednesday’s 1.27 per cent after testing 12,111 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Besides, the mortality rate remained unchanged too at 1.49 per cent.
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The recovery rate rose to 96.09 per cent with the recovery of 1,114 more patients during the 24-hour period.
The country reported first zero Covid-related death in a single day on November 20 last year along with 178 infections since the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020.
On January 28, Bangladesh logged its previous highest daily positivity rate at 33.37 per cent reporting 15,440 cases and 20 deaths.
Besides, the country registered the highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year, while the highest number of daily fatalities was 264 on August 10 last year.
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