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Daily Star Editorial Translation


Widespread testing will give the real picture
āĻŦ্āϝাāĻĒāĻ• āĻĒāϰীāĻ•্āώা āύিāϰীāĻ•্āώা āφāϏāϞ āϚিāϤ্āϰ āϤুāϞে āϧāϰāĻŦে


We cannot underestimate transmission
āφāĻŽāϰা āϏংāĻ•্āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•ে āĻ…āĻŦāĻŽূāϞ্āϝা⧟āύ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰি āύা

As we have said time and again in this column, echoing the directives of WHO and experts within the country and outside—we must speed up the testing process on an urgent basis, now that we are entering the fourth week since Bangladesh reported its first official Covid-19 case. So far, Bangladesh has reported 49 cases and five deaths. This hardly gives the real picture and can lead to a false sense of security, grossly underestimating the scale of the outbreak. As we have seen in countries like Italy, Spain, France, Germany and the US, during the initial days when testing was very limited, the number of cases was also low. But after testing was expanded, the number of cases went up exponentially along with the number of deaths, especially after the fourth week.

āφāĻŽāϰা āĻāχ āĻ•āϞাāĻŽে āĻŦাāϰāĻŦাāϰ āĻŦāϞেāĻ›ি, āĻĄাāĻŦ্āϞুāĻāχāϚāĻ“ āĻāĻŦং āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻ…āĻ­্āϝāύ্āϤāϰীāĻŖ āĻāĻŦং āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻŦাāχāϰেāϰ āĻŦিāĻļেāώāϜ্āĻžāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽুāĻ– āĻšāϤে āĻāĻ•āχ  āύিāϰ্āĻĻেāĻļāύা āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϧ্āĻŦāύিāϤ āĻšāϚ্āĻ›ে āϝে  — āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āϜāϰুāϰি āĻ­িāϤ্āϤিāϤে āĻĒāϰীāĻ•্āώাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•্āϰিāϝ়াāϟি āϤ্āĻŦāϰাāύ্āĻŦিāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻšāĻŦে, āϝেāĻšেāϤু āφāĻŽāϰা āϏāϰāĻ•াāϰি āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āφāĻ•্āϰাāύ্āϤ āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ•্āϤি āϏāύাāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•āϰাāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϚāϤুāϰ্āĻĨ āϏāĻĒ্āϤাāĻšে āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦেāĻļ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ি।  । āĻ āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻŦাংāϞাāĻĻেāĻļে ā§Ē⧝ āϜāύ āφāĻ•্āϰাāύ্āϤ āĻ“ āĻĒাঁāϚāϜāύেāϰ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāϰ āĻ–āĻŦāϰ āĻĒাāĻ“āϝ়া āĻ—েāĻ›ে। āĻāϟি āϏāϤ্āϝিāĻ•াāϰেāϰ āϚিāϤ্āϰ  āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻ•āĻŽāχ  āĻĢুāϟি⧟ে āϤুāϞāĻ›ে āĻāĻŦং āĻĒ্āϰাāĻĻুāϰ্āĻ­াāĻŦেāϰ āĻŽাāϤ্āϰাāϟিāĻ•ে āĻ…āĻŦāĻŽূāϞ্āϝাāϝ়āύ āĻ•āϰে, āϏুāϰāĻ•্āώাāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻŽিāĻĨ্āϝা āϧাāϰāĻŖা āĻĻিāϤে āĻĒাāϰে। āϝেāĻŽāύāϟি āφāĻŽāϰা āχāϤাāϞি, āϏ্āĻĒেāύ, āĻĢ্āϰাāύ্āϏ, āϜাāϰ্āĻŽাāύি āĻāĻŦং āĻŽাāϰ্āĻ•িāύ āϝুāĻ•্āϤāϰাāώ্āϟ্āϰে āĻĻেāĻ–েāĻ›ি, āĻĒ্āϰাāĻĨāĻŽিāĻ• āĻĻিāύāĻ—ুāϞিāϤে āϝāĻ–āύ āĻĒāϰীāĻ•্āώা āĻ–ুāĻŦ āϏীāĻŽাāĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ āĻ›িāϞ, āφāĻ•্āϰাāύ্āϤেāϰ  āϏংāĻ–্āϝাāĻ“ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ›িāϞ। āϤāĻŦে āĻĒāϰীāĻ•্āώাāϰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāϏাāϰāĻŖেāϰ āĻĒāϰে,āĻŦিāĻļেāώāϤ āϚāϤুāϰ্āĻĨ āϏāĻĒ্āϤাāĻšেāϰ āĻĒāϰে  āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāϰ āϏংāĻ–্āϝাāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϤাāϤ্āĻĒāϰ্āϝāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖāĻ­াāĻŦে āφāĻ•্āϰাāύ্āϤেāϰ āϏংāĻ–্āϝা āĻŦেāĻĄ়েāĻ›ে,

Bangladesh has one of the lowest testing rates compared to many other Asian countries that have been successful so far in containing the spread of the virus. From January 21 till Sunday, Bangladesh tested 1,185 people for the virus, which is far below South Korea's daily testing capacity of around 20,000. We can take Spain's delayed response, with 45 cases within 31 days of the first reported case, as an example. Now, in about a month, the total number of confirmed cases has crossed 64,000. With such grim statistics, can we afford to wait? Reports of several people dying after getting Covid-19-like symptoms make it all the more urgent to have testing facilities available all over the country.

āĻ…āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ āĻāĻļীāϝ়  āϝে āĻĻেāĻļāĻ—ুāϞি āĻ­াāχāϰাāϏেāϰ āϏংāĻ•্āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āύিāϝ়āύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖে āĻāĻ–āύ āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤ āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›ে āϤাāĻĻেāϰ  āϤুāϞāύাāϝ় āĻŦাংāϞাāĻĻেāĻļে āϏāĻŦāϚেāϝ়ে āĻ•āĻŽ āĻĒāϰীāĻ•্āώাāϰ āĻšাāϰ āϰāϝ়েāĻ›ে । ⧍⧧ āĻļে āϜাāύুāϝ়াāϰী āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϰāĻŦিāĻŦাāϰ āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤ, āĻŦাংāϞাāĻĻেāĻļ āĻ­াāχāϰাāϏāϟিāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ ā§§ā§§ā§Ģā§Ģ āϜāύāĻ•ে āĻĒāϰীāĻ•্āώা āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে, āϝা āĻĻāĻ•্āώিāĻŖ āĻ•োāϰিāϝ়াāϰ āĻĻৈāύিāĻ• āĻĒāϰীāĻ•্āώাāϰ āĻ•্āώāĻŽāϤা ⧍ā§Ļ,ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ āĻāϰ āϚেāϝ়ে āĻ…āύেāĻ• āύিāϚে। āωāĻĻাāĻšāϰāĻŖāϏ্āĻŦāϰূāĻĒ āφāĻŽāϰা āϏ্āĻĒেāύেāϰ āĻŦিāϞāĻŽ্āĻŦিāϤ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻ•্āϰিāϝ়া āύিāϤে āĻĒাāϰি, āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ  āφāĻ•্āϰাāύ্āϤেāϰ  āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āĻ•āϰা  āĻ•āϰা ā§Šā§§  āĻĻিāύেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻŽাāϤ্āϰ ā§Ēā§Ģ āϜāύ āφāĻ•্āϰাāύ্āϤ āĻĒাāĻ“ā§Ÿা āϝা⧟ । āĻāĻ–āύ, āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ় āĻāĻ• āĻŽাāϏে, āύিāĻļ্āϚিāϤ āĻ­াāĻŦে āφāĻ•্āϰাāύ্āϤেāϰ  āĻŽোāϟ āϏংāĻ–্āϝা ā§Ŧā§Ē,ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ āĻ›াāĻĄ়িāϝ়েāĻ›ে। āĻāχ āϧāϰāύেāϰ āĻŽাāϰাāϤ্āĻŽāĻ• āĻĒāϰিāϏংāĻ–্āϝাāύ āϏাāĻŽāύে āϰেāĻ–ে , āφāĻŽāϰা āĻ•ী āĻ…āĻĒেāĻ•্āώা āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰি? āĻ•োāĻ­িāĻĄ -⧧⧝-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤো āωāĻĒāϏāϰ্āĻ— āĻĒাāĻ“āϝ়াāϰ āĻĒāϰে āĻŦেāĻļিāϰāĻ­াāĻ— āϞোāĻ•েāϰ  āĻŽাāϰা āϝাāĻ“āϝ়াāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āĻ—ুāϞি  āϏাāϰা āĻĻেāĻļে āĻĒāϰীāĻ•্āώা āĻ•āϰাāϰ
āϏু্āϝোāĻ— - āϏুāĻŦিāϧা āϏāĻšāϜāϞāĻ­্āϝ āĻ•āϰা  āĻŦেāĻļি āϜāϰুāϰি āĻ•āϰে āϤুāϞেāĻ›ে।

It is a relief that ICDDR,B has been given permission to start testing, with the government giving it kits. But it begs the question—why was such a world reputed institute that has been doing all kinds of disease related research, not given permission to conduct testing long before this?
āĻāϟি āϏ্āĻŦāϏ্āϤিāϰ āϝে , āφāχāϏিāĻĄিāĻĄিāφāϰ,āĻŦিāĻ•ে āϏāϰāĻ•াāϰ āĻ•িāϟ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āϟেāϏ্āϟ āĻļুāϰু āĻ•āϰাāϰ āĻ…āύুāĻŽāϤি āĻĻি⧟েāĻ›ে  । āϤāĻŦে āĻāϟি āĻĒ্āϰāĻļ্āύ āϜাāĻ—ে - āĻāĻŽāύ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻ–্āϝাāϤ āύাāĻŽāĻ•āϰা āχāύāϏ্āϟিāϟিāωāϟ  āϝাāϰা āϰোāĻ— āϏংāĻ•্āϰাāύ্āϤ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϤ āϧāϰāĻŖেāϰ āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖা āĻ•āϰে āφāϏāĻ›ে, āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āφāϰো āφāĻ—ে āĻĒāϰীāĻ•্āώা āĻ•āϰাāϰ āĻ…āύুāĻŽāϤি āĻĻেāĻ“āϝ়া āĻšāϝ়āύি āĻ•েāύ?

Now that the experts and the experience of other countries affected by the virus have given us the facts, the authorities must speed up testing by expanding testing facilities all over the country. Testing kits have to be distributed to the designated hospitals with proper monitoring from IEDCR. At this point, the capacity of IEDCR has to be expanded so that it can carry out more tests, monitor cases all over the country and evaluate the situation in a realistic manner. Without widespread testing, it is not possible to get a clear picture of the transmission rates of the virus, especially within such a huge population. Only better knowledge of the ground realities can guide us to the actions that need to be taken.

āĻāĻ–āύ āϝেāĻšেāϤু āĻŦিāĻļেāώāϜ্āĻžāϰা āĻāĻŦং āĻ­াāχāϰাāϏ āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āφāĻ•্āϰাāύ্āϤ āĻ…āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻ…āĻ­িāϜ্āĻžāϤা āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āϏāϤ্āϝ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āϤুāϞে āϧāϰেāĻ›ে, āĻ•āϰ্āϤৃāĻĒāĻ•্āώāĻ•ে āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ্āϝāχ āϏাāϰাāĻĻেāĻļে āĻĒāϰীāĻ•্āώাāϰ āĻŦ্āϝাāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা āĻĒ্āϰāϏাāϰিāϤ āĻ•āϰে āĻĒāϰীāĻ•্āώাāϰ āĻ—āϤি āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāϝ়ে āϤুāϞāϤে āĻšāĻŦে। āφāχāχāĻĄিāϏিāφāϰ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϝāĻĨাāϝāĻĨ āĻĒāϰ্āϝāĻŦেāĻ•্āώāĻŖ āϏāĻš āύিāϰ্āϧাāϰিāϤ āĻšাāϏāĻĒাāϤাāϞāĻ—ুāϞিāϤে āϟেāϏ্āϟিং āĻ•িāϟ āĻŦিāϤāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻšāĻŦে। āĻāχ āĻŽুāĻšুāϰ্āϤে, āφāχāχāĻĄিāϏিāφāϰেāϰ āϏāĻ•্āώāĻŽāϤা āĻŦাāĻĄ়াāϤে āĻšāĻŦে āϝাāϤে āĻāϟি āφāϰāĻ“ āĻĒāϰীāĻ•্āώা āϚাāϞাāϤে āĻĒাāϰে, āϏাāϰা āĻĻেāĻļে  āφāĻ•্āϰাāύ্āϤেāϰ āϘāϟāύাāĻ—ুāϞো āĻĒāϰ্āϝāĻŦেāĻ•্āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰে āĻāĻŦং āĻĒāϰিāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāĻ•ে āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦāϏāĻŽ্āĻŽāϤ āĻĒāĻĻ্āϧāϤিāϤে āĻŽূāϞ্āϝাāϝ়āύ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰে। āĻŦ্āϝাāĻĒāĻ• āĻĒāϰীāĻ•্āώা āĻ›াāĻĄ়াāχ āĻ­াāχāϰাāϏāϟিāϰ āϏংāĻ•্āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻšাāϰেāϰ āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟ āϚিāϤ্āϰ āĻĒাāĻ“āϝ়া āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­āĻŦ āύāϝ়, āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻ•āϰে  āĻāϤ āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ āϜāύāĻ—োāώ্āĻ ীāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে। āϏāĻ িāĻ• āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦāϤা āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ•ে āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ­াāϞ āϜ্āĻžাāύāχ āĻ•েāĻŦāϞāĻŽাāϤ্āϰ  āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāϜāύীāϝ় āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•্āώেāĻĒেāϰ āĻĻিāĻ•ে āĻĒāϰিāϚাāϞিāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰে।

Credit: Studypress

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