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Assignment on Covid-19.
ty Subject: Staffing Organization.
Savar, Dhaka- Subject Code : 504
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Submitted Date June 17, 2021.

Submitted To
Arjuman Naziz
Assistant Professor
Department of Public Administration
Jahangirnagar University.

Submitted by
Mohammad Monir Hossin Mazumder
Roll No - 210140
Weekend Masters in Human Resource Development and Industrial Relations
Department of Public Administration
Jahangirnagar University.
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Universi Content:
Title Name Page No
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ty Description of Covid -19
Covid -19 infected & Death Report on June
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03 Risk of Covid -19 03
04 Symptoms of Covid -19 03
05 Prevention of Covid -19 04
06 Outbreak of COVID-19 in Bangladesh 08
07 Testing and Monitoring 09
08 Treatment 10
09 Vaccine Trials and Vaccinations 10
10 How COVID-19 has affected the staffing process of Bangladeshi organizations? 11
11 Conclusion 12

Description of Covid -19:

Coronaviruses are a large family of respiratory viruses that can cause illness in people
and animals. In rare cases, coronaviruses that circulate among animals can evolve and
infect humans. In turn, these infections can easily spread from person-to-person as was
the case with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV) and Middle-East
Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV).
An outbreak of the novel (new) coronavirus was first reported in December 2019 when
cases of viral pneumonia with unknown origin were confirmed in Wuhan, Hubei
Province, China. Because of its similarity to SARS-CoV, the virus has been named:
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This virus causes
the disease referred to as COVID-19 - Coronavirus disease 2019. Similar to other
coronaviruses SARS-CoV-2 is suspected to have come from animals, potentially bats.

Covid -19 infected & Death Report on June 17, 2021

SL # Description Bangladesh World
01 Infection 837247 176758434
02 Death 13282 3824921

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Risk
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The Universi virus is primarily transmitted from person-to-

person by coming into contact with an infected
person’s droplets. When an infected person

and
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can land in another person’s nose or mouth and
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The virus can be transmitted by an infected person not showing symptoms of illness.
This is why it’s important to stay at least 2 metres (6 feet) apart.

Infected droplets can also land on surfaces or objects. It may be possible for a person to
contract the virus when they touch an infected surface and then touch their mouth, nose,
or eyes.

There is growing evidence that people infected with COVID-19 can transmit the virus to
others before symptoms develop (known as pre-symptomatic transmission). It is also
possible for people with mild symptoms (such as a mild cough and no other signs of
illness) or no signs of illness to transmit the virus.

Returning travelers from high risk areas and those living in communities where there is
local transmission of COVID-19 are at higher risk. Refer to your local and national
health authority for guidance on prevention measures taking place in your community –
be sure to comply with local restrictions on travel and gatherings.

Symptoms of Covid -19:

The most common symptoms include flu-like symptoms such as fever, dry cough, and
shortness of breath or difficulty breathing. Symptoms can also include chills and
repeated shaking, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, and loss of sense of taste or smell.
Symptoms typically appear within 2 days to 14 days after exposure.

Those with a weakened immune system, the elderly, and those with a pre-existing
condition (specifically high blood pressure, heart or lung disease, cancer or diabetes)
appear to be more prone to severe illness. 

Seek medical attention immediately if you experience trouble breathing, persistent chest
pain or pressure, blue lips or face, or confusion.

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Universi Prevention of Covid -19:

1.

Use
ty Wash your hands frequently and carefully

warm water and soap and rub your hands for at

least Savar, Dhaka- 20 seconds. Work the lather to your wrists,
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You can also use an antibacterial and antiviral soap.

Use hand sanitizer when you cannot wash your hands properly. Rewash your hands
several times a day, especially after touching anything, including your phone or laptop.

2. Avoid touching your face

SARS-CoV-2 can live on some surfaces for up to 72 hours. You can get the virus on
your hands if you touch a surface like:

 gas pump handle, your cell phone, a doorknob

Avoid touching any part of your face or head, including your mouth, nose, and eyes.
Also avoid biting your fingernails. This can give SARS-CoV-2 a chance to go from your
hands into your body.

3. Stop shaking hands and hugging people — for now

Similarly, avoid touching other people. Skin-to-skin contact can transmit SARS-CoV-2
from one person to another.

4. Do not share personal items like:

 phones, makeup, combs

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It’s nagar also important not to share eating utensils and

straws. Teach children to recognize their reusable
cup,
Universi straw, and other dishes for their own use only.

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5. 1340 Cover your mouth and nose when you cough
and sneeze

SARS-CoV-2 is found in high amounts in the nose and mouth. This means it can be
carried by air droplets to other people when you cough, sneeze, or talk. It can also land
on hard surfaces and stay there for up to 3 days.

Use a tissue or sneeze into your elbow to keep your hands as clean as possible. Wash
your hands carefully after you sneeze or cough, regardless.

6. Clean and disinfect surfaces

Use alcohol-based disinfectants to clean hard surfaces in your home like:

Countertops, door handles, furniture, toys

Also, clean your phone, laptop, and anything else you use regularly several times a day.
Disinfect areas after you bring groceries or packages into your home. Use white vinegar
or hydrogen peroxide solutions for general cleaning in between disinfecting surfaces.

7. Take physical (social) distancing seriously

If you’re carrying the SARS-CoV-2 virus, it’ll be found in high amounts in your spit
(sputum). This can happen even if you don’t have symptoms. Physical (social)
distancing, also means staying home and working remotely when possible. If you must

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go
from
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other people. You can transmit the virus by

Universi speaking to someone in close contact to you.

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8. 1340 Do not gather in groups

Being in a group or gathering makes it more likely

that you’ll be in close contact with someone. This includes avoiding all religious places
of worship, as you may have to sit or stand too close to another congregant. It also
includes not congregating at parks or beaches.

9. Avoid eating or drinking in public places

Now is not the time to go out to eat. This means avoiding restaurants, coffee shops, bars,
and other eateries. The virus can be transmitted through food, utensils, dishes, and cups.
It may also be temporarily airborne from other people in the venue. You can still get
delivery

or takeaway food. Choose foods that are thoroughly cooked and can be reheated. High
heat (at least 132°F/56°C, according to one recent, not-yet-peer-reviewed lab study)
helps to kill coronaviruses. This means it may be best to avoid cold foods from
restaurants and all food from buffets and open salad bars.

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10. nagar Wash fresh groceries

Universi Wash all produce under running water before

eating or preparing. The CDCT rusted Source and
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soap, detergent, or commercial produce wash on
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things like fruits and vegetables. Be sure to wash
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hands before and after handling these items.

11. Wear a (homemade) mask

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends Trusted Source that
almost everyone wears a cloth face mask in public settings where physical distancing
may be difficult, such as grocery stores.

When used correctly, these masks can help prevent people who are asymptomatic or
undiagnosed from transmitting SARS-CoV-2 when they breathe, talk, sneeze, or cough.
This, in turn, slows the transmission of the virus.

The CDC’s website provides instructions Trusted Source for making your own mask at
home, using basic materials such as a T-shirt and scissors.

Some pointers to keep in mind:

Wearing a mask alone will not prevent you from getting a SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Careful hand washing and physical distancing must also be followed.

Cloth masks aren’t as effective as other types of masks, such as surgical masks or N95
respirators. However, these other masks should be reserved for healthcare workers and
first responders.

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nagar Wash your hands before you put on your mask.

Universi Wash your mask after each use.

You
ty can transfer the virus from your hands to the
mask. If you’re wearing a mask, avoid touching
the Savar, Dhaka- front of it.
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You can also transfer the virus from the mask to your
hands. Wash your hands if you touch the front of
the mask.

A mask shouldn’t be worn by a child under 2 years old, a person who has trouble
breathing, or a person who can’t remove the mask on their own.

12. Self-quarantine if sick

Call your doctor if you have any symptoms. Stay home until you recover. Avoid sitting,
sleeping, or eating with your loved ones even if you live in the same home. Wear a mask

and wash your hands as much as possible. If you need urgent medical care, wear a mask
and let them know you may have COVID-19.

Outbreak of COVID-19 in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is a South East Asian natural beautiful middle income country. Its economy
is flourishing rapidly. In the last decade immense development has been noticed in every
sphere of life including women empowerment. However, incidence of COVID-19
Pandemic has influenced every sector of Bangladesh badly

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The
to B nagar virus was confirmed to have spread
angladesh in March 2020. The first three known
cases were reported on 8 March 2020 by the

then, Universi country's epidemiology institute, IEDCR. Since

the pandemic has spread day by day over the
whole nation and the number of affected people
has
In
ty been increasing.
order to protect the population, the government
Savar, Dhaka- declared "lockdown" throughout the nation from
23 1340 March to 30 May and prepared some necessary
steps to spread awareness to keep this syndrome away
from them.[3] Infections remained low until the end of
March but saw a steep rise in April.[4] In the week ending on 11 April, new cases in
Bangladesh grew by 1,155 percent, the highest in Asia, ahead of Indonesia, with 186
percent.[5] On 6 May, cases were confirmed in all districts. Rangamati was the last
district to report confirmed cases of COVID-19. On 13 June, the number of cases in
Bangladesh exceeded the number of cases in China, the country where the outbreak
began. Bangladesh reached two grim milestones of 160,000 cases and 2,000 deaths on 5
July and overtook France in terms of the number of cases two days later. The number of
recoveries in the country exceeded the number of active cases on 12 July.
Bangladesh is the third most affected country in South Asia, after India and Pakistan.
On 5 April 2021 a seven-day lockdown was announced by the Bangladeshi government,
including all domestic travel suspended and shopping malls shut alongside a curfew
between 6pm and 6am. This followed a record new 7, 087 new COVID-19 cases on 4
April, coinciding with a near-doubling of their testing rate from mid-March into the start
of April.[64] Some protests against this lockdown occurred in Dhaka, while the local
media also criticised the lackluster and inconsistent enforcement of lockdown rules
throughout the country. Some schools continued to hold classes during the week.
On 6 April, merchant groups held protests in the capital, demanding an end to the
lockdown, and the safe reopening of shops, by following hygiene guidelines.
On 7 April, public transport resumed in all metropolitan areas of the country, including
Dhaka, after two days of closure.
On 9 April, markets and stores were officially reopened throughout the country, although
many were unofficially open earlier in the week. The closures led to more crowded
markets than before, and higher prices, as customers flocked to stores to buy needed
goods before Ramadan.

On 12 April, the government declared that from 14 to 21 April, commercial banks will
be closed, except for foreign exchange banks near port areas. Public transportation will
again be closed, as well as government offices. However, emergency services, including
garment factories and other industries, will remain open.
The Bangladesh Police are implementing movement passes, which must be issued from
their web site to leave your home, including for jobs, grocery purchases or medical
needs. If used for commuting, two passes must be issued to go and return. A photograph

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of
nagar the applicant must be uploaded, as well as
identification papers, reason for travel, and dates
and times.
On
were
Universi 14 April, it was reported that police checkpoints
checking those in vehicles for movement passes,
but those on foot were allowed to pass.
ty
On Savar, Dhaka- 17 April, markets were reopening in Barisal,
sometimes only unofficially in alleyways.
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On 28 April, the lockdown period will end,
prioritizing livelihoods over what has been a mild
illness in Bangladesh, with some of the lowest death rates in the world. The country will
reopen in accordance with hygiene.

Testing and monitoring:

Bangladesh has consistently shown one of the lowest test rates per capita in the world
and concerns that the level of testing have been insufficient to accurately understand the
spread of infection have often been aired. The number of daily tests reached heights of
approximately 18,000 by the end of June, but then began to rapidly decline in July (with
typical numbers in the range of 10,000 to 14,000 per day throughout July and August).
[80][79] A change in government policy was cited as the cause for the decline, following
the introduction of a charge for tests (which had hitherto been free in government
facilities) announced on June 29[81] and requirements for a doctor's referral for a test.
The number of samples tested in Bangladesh exceeded 100,000 on 7 May. Less than two
weeks later, the number of samples tested in the country exceeded 200,000. At the end of
May, there were over 300,000 samples tested. On 8 June, more than 400,000 samples
were tested in Bangladesh. The number of samples tested exceeded 500,000 six days
later. On

21 June, there were more than 600,000 samples tested. The number of samples tested
exceeded 700,000 on 27 June and 800,000 five days later. On 9 July, the number of
samples tested in the country exceeded 900,000. On 17 July 2020, the number of tests
conducted to date crossed the threshold of one million samples.

Treatment:
Bangladesh has 1,169 ICU beds, amounting to 0.72 beds per 100,000 citizens. Of these
432 beds are in government hospitals and 737 in private hospitals. There are only 550
ventilators in the country.
On 21 March, the IEDCR announced that 150 ICU beds would be made available for
COVID treatment in Dhaka and more would be provided in other parts of
Bangladesh. By 8 April, it was reported that 112 ICU beds were available, of which 79
were in Dhaka, 26

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in
nagar Mymensingh, 5 in Khulna and 2 in Sylhet. The
government was in the process of procuring 380
ventilators.There were also 7,693 isolated beds

Universi around the country.

Vaccine trials and vaccinations:

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Bangladesh
vaccination in

On Savar, Dhaka- 21 June, China invited Bangladesh to get priority

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developed. On 26 June, the Chinese
government announced that they might perform
second-phase clinical trials of the vaccine in Bangladesh.

The Chinese government also believed that the coronavirus vaccine, if developed, might
be given to Bangladesh by August as the priority.
In July 2020, Sinovac Biotech was given approval by the Bangladesh Medical Research
Council to begin a third-phase trial of a potential COVID-19 vaccine (now known
as CoronaVac) at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh government later decided to cancel the trial of the vaccine.
On 2 July 2020, A Bangladeshi private pharmaceutical company Globe Biotech Limited
anounced to be the first company from Bangladesh to have a COVID-19 vaccine under
development.[88] The lone Bangladeshi company actually developed three COVID-19
vaccine candidates with different technologies. The company named the mRNA based
vaccine as Bangavax, which was initially called Bancovid.[90] Globe Biotech took all
the necessary steps from December 2020 to January 2021 to get the permission for
ethical approval to conduct the first clinical trial of Bangavax, which also got listed in
the 'Draft landscape and tracker of COVID-19 candidate vaccines' by the World Health
Organization (WHO).
On 5 November 2020, a tripartite agreement was signed between the government
of Bangladesh, the Serum Institute of India, and Beximco Pharma of Bangladesh. Under

the agreement Bangladesh ordered 30 million doses of Oxford–AstraZeneca

vaccine from Serum through Beximco for $4 per shot. On the other hand, Indian
government has given 3.2 million doses to Bangladesh as a gift which were also
produced by Serum. But Serum supplied only 7 million doses from the tripartite
agreement in the first two months of the year.[94] Bangladesh was supposed to receive 5
million doses per month but not received shipments in March and April. As a result,
rollout of vaccine has been disrupted by supply shortfalls.[95] Most people who have
received the first dose are not getting the second dose on time.[94] Not getting the
second dose at the right time is likely to reduce the effectiveness of the vaccination
program. In addition, several citizens of Bangladesh have expressed doubts about its
effectiveness and safety. Bangladesh is looking for alternative vaccine sources because
India isn't supplying the vaccine according to the timeline of the deal.

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nagar 28 April 2021 Govt. approves the proposal to
local procution of Russian Sputnik V,
Universi Chinese Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines.
Bangladesh regulatory body approves the

and  ty emergency use of Sputnik V on 27 April

Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccine on 29 April.

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How COVID-19 has affected the staffing process of
Bangladeshi organizations?
The COVID-19 has caused tremendous negative consequences in the economy through
threatening millions of livelihoods and damaging the earning sources of around 50
million people in the informal sector in Bangladesh. The aim of the study is to provide a
comprehensive and demonstrative review on the observed data and the potential impact
of massive unemployment that will arise in future after lock-down. The study based on
secondary sources of information, since it is very tough to find any quantitative study on
the extent of the widening toll on unemployment in the consequences of Corona virus in

Bangladesh. Tension is growing fast in the economy due to the rapid-spread stage of
outbreak of Covid-19 in Bangladesh. The study finds that massive job losses will happen
in both formal and informal sectors, as all of the sectors in Bangladesh e.g. RMG,
Remittance, export and import, transportation, tourism, banking and insurance, education
are in vulnerable position because of the devastating effect of Corona virus.
The COVID-19 pandemic has also heavily impacted household and individual level
earnings in Bangladesh with around 13 percent of people have become unemployed,
being women in informal employment more likely than men to see their working hours
reduced; Meanwhile, the national poverty is predicted to increase by 25.13 percent,
claimed by Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).
The pandemic has taken a heavy toll on almost all sectors of the economy, inter alia,
most notably, it has caused a reduction of exports by 16.93 percent, imports by 17
percent, and also a decline of average revenue for all small and medium enterprises
(SMEs) by 66 percent in 2020 compared to 2019. Exceptionally, only remittance inflow
has seen an 11 percent increase this year.
Small and medium readymade garments and apparel industries are going to shut their
operation due to the regular cancellation of orders from retailers and foreign buyers. As a
result, those who are dependent on this sector are jobless now. Thousands of migrant
workers are jobless and compelled to return from abroad. Returned workers are creating
extra
pressure on the economy, though the existing unemployed people are around 3 millions.
Country’s
earnings from apparel and other sectors have been dropped because of the devastating
effect of
Corona virus. Private commercial banks are facing liquidity crisis due to falling earnings
from
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nagar RMG and Remittance. There is a higher

probability of collapsing the numbers of
private commercial banks and insurance sector if
this
of
is no
Universi situation continues for longer period. The dreams
around 2 million graduates are in despair, as there
available job in the market due to the economic

local
ty meltdown. Both inbound and outbound tour
operators are facing losses because foreign and
visitors are canceling their booking in the period
of Savar, Dhaka- pandemic. Hundreds of tour operators have to shut
their 1340 business. Around, 5 million transport workers
over the country are now jobless
due to country’s lock-down. Even after the lock-down, their earning source is uncertain.
My study
also finds that the informal workers e.g. Rickshaw-pullers, transport workers day
laborers, street vendors, hawkers, construction laborers, the employees of hotel, motel
and restaurants are
the main sufferers of corona virus.

Conclusion :

o However, more respondents (80%) have received similar COVID-19

information from traditional media sources (print, radio, television) and almost as
many (69%) have received similar information from speaking with friends or family

o Only 55% report receiving COVID-19 information while at work via

visual aids or written communication

o And only 40% report that any visual instructions about COVID-19 are

displayed in their factory at all

o Social media played the least significant role in terms of disseminating

COVID-19 information to workers, with only 32% reporting having received
information this way

Other health and safety indicators were mixed. Just over half (55%) of workers said they
themselves or their worker representatives had received training in occupational health
and safety measures pertaining specifically to COVID-19. But two-thirds (66%) of
workers felt that they had received information from their employer about the proper
response to COVID-19 symptoms. In both of these cases, women were more likely than
men to report having been properly trained.

Importantly, 90% of all working respondents said they felt comfortable informing their
employer if they felt sick, with similar results for women and men.

The End.

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