Covid-19 risks and response in South Asia

Bhutta, Zulfiqar A; Basnyat, Buddha; Saha, Samir K.; Laxminarayan, Ramanan

doi:10.1136/bmj.m1190

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“…However, critical care capacity remains a problem in all SA countries [ 34 ]. Only a few hospitals have isolation capacity, which can provide intensive care with respiratory support.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Spatiotemporal patterns and trends of community transmission of the pandemic COVID-19 in South Asia: Bangladesh as a case study

Islam¹,

Sayeed²,

Rahman³

et al. 2021

Biosafety and Health

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South Asian (SA) countries have been fighting with the pandemic novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) since January 2020. Earlier, the country-specific descriptive study has been done. Nevertheless, as transboundary infection, the border sharing, shared cultural and behaviour practice, effects on the temporal and spatial distribution of COVID-19 in SA is still unveiled. Therefore, this study has been revealed the spatial hotspot along with descriptive output on different parameters of COVID-19 infection. We extracted data from the WHO and the worldometer database from the onset of the outbreak up to 15 May 2020. Europe has the highest case fatality rate (CFR; 9.22%), whereas Oceania has the highest (91.15%) recovery rate from COVID-19. Among SA countries, India has the highest number of cases (85,790), followed by Pakistan (38,799) and Bangladesh (20,065). However, the number of tests conducted was minimum in this region in comparison with other areas. The highest CFR was recorded in India (3.21%) among SA countries, whereas Nepal and Bhutan had no death record due to COVID-19 so far. The recovery rate varies from 4.75% in the Maldives to 51.02% in Sri Lanka. In Bangladesh, community transmission has been recorded, and the highest number of cases were detected in Dhaka, followed by Narayanganj and Chattogram. Dhaka and its surrounding districts, Faridpur and Madaripur district of Bangladesh, is in the hotspot on the spatiotemporal tendency. But no cold spot was pointed out in Bangladesh. Three hotspots and three cold spots at different confidence levels were detected in India. Findings from this study suggested the “test, trace, and isolation” approach for earlier detection of infection to prevent further community transmission of COVID-19.

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“…However, critical care capacity remains a problem in all SA countries [ 34 ]. Only a few hospitals have isolation capacity, which can provide intensive care with respiratory support.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Only a few hospitals have isolation capacity, which can provide intensive care with respiratory support. SA has an estimated 0.7–2.8 critical care beds per 100,000 population [ 34 ]. The number of beds is scarce compared to developed countries in the world.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spatiotemporal patterns and trends of community transmission of the pandemic COVID-19 in South Asia: Bangladesh as a case study

Islam¹,

Sayeed²,

Rahman³

et al. 2021

Biosafety and Health

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“…While this is a simplistic calculation which assumes 0.1% infection rate, with higher infection rate of 1%, the numbers of ventilators required will be approximately 162,000. As of now India does not have that capacity [5]. Similarly, the capacity for intensive care in the country, including that in public health system is limited.…”

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COVID-19: How to Prepare for the Pandemic?

Lodha

Kabra

2020

Indian J Pediatr

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“…An editorial on the risk South Asia faces in light of SARS-CoV-2 reported that urgent and unified action is needed to avoid a public health catastrophe. 1 An analysis of national preparedness capacities in light of SARS-CoV-2 ended with the stark reality that half of the countries analyzed do not have the adequate capacity to manage an emergency. 2 The Philippines is a country in Southeast Asia that has recently experienced rapid economic growth, pushing to be re-classified as an upper-middle income country.…”

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Challenges in Controlling SARS-CoV-2 in a Lower-middle Income Country and the Potential Unintended Effects due to Aggressive Restrictions

Lau¹,

Wu²,

Go³

et al. 2020

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Covid-19 risks and response in South Asia

Abstract: The region is ill prepared for the crisis that lies ahead

Cited by 74 publications

References 5 publications

Spatiotemporal patterns and trends of community transmission of the pandemic COVID-19 in South Asia: Bangladesh as a case study

Spatiotemporal patterns and trends of community transmission of the pandemic COVID-19 in South Asia: Bangladesh as a case study

COVID-19: How to Prepare for the Pandemic?

Challenges in Controlling SARS-CoV-2 in a Lower-middle Income Country and the Potential Unintended Effects due to Aggressive Restrictions

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