45 per cent capital dwellers infected with coronavirus
45 per cent capital dwellers are infected with coronavirus. Of them 24 percent are aged over 60 years. The information was revealed through antibody tests till July in a research jointly conducted by government’s Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) and non-government institution International Center for Diarrheal Diseases and Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B).
The information was delivered in the research on corona contraction situation and gene transformation at a hotel in the capital on Monday. United States donor agencies USAID and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation provided financial assistance in the research.
In the research 25 wards from 129 wards under DNCC and DSCC were selected through randomization. One ‘mahalla’ was selected in every ward. 120 households were selected from every ‘mahalla’. Besides, 8 slums were attached in the survey. Samples from the households were taken from mid-April to mid-July and the samples from the people of slum dwellers were taken from mid-July to mid-August.
After analyzing the gene the researchers assume that the first coronavirus infection happened in the month of January.
Researchers and scientists from IEDCR and ICDDR,B presented the research results in the program. Additional Director General (planning and development) of the health directorate Professor Dr. Meerzady Sabrina Flora presided over the program. Health Minister Zahid Maleque Swapan joined the program through online.
It was seen in the research that three-fourth population of the slum dwellers have already been contracted with coronavirus. 45 per cent city dwellers were found infected with coronavirus through the blood tests though they had no symptoms of the disease.
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