As of 18 June 2020 Bangladesh recorded 102,292 cases
and 1343 deaths since notification of the first case of
COVID-19 on 8 March 2020.1 The Century’s current
pandemic, the Coronavirus Diseases 2019 (COVID-19)
gave rise to a massive crisis in the health-socialeconomic
arena across the globe, including in
Bangladesh. Since the adoption of International Health
Regulations (2005), global and country-specific
preparations were initiated with a variable degree and
importance by countries