AUTHOR=Anwar Saeed , Nasrullah Mohammad , Hosen Mohammad Jakir 

TITLE=COVID-19 and Bangladesh: Challenges and How to Address Them

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 8 - 2020

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00154

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2020.00154

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=•	As the coronavirus outbreak quickly surges worldwide, many countries are adopting non-therapeutic preventive measures, which include travel bans, remote office activities, country lockdown, and, most importantly, social distancing
•	However, these measures face challenges in Bangladesh, a lower-middle-income economy with one of the world’s densest populations 
•	Social distancing is difficult in many areas of the country, and with the minimal resources the country has, it would be extremely challenging to implement the mitigation measures
•	Mobile sanitization facilities and temporary quarantine sites and healthcare facilities could help mitigate the pandemic impact at a local level  
•	A prompt, supportive, and empathic collaboration between the government, citizens, health experts, along with international assistance, can enable the country to minimize the impact of the pandemic