Irrational use of antibiotics at hospitals can be reduced by maintaining good hygiene practices while treating patients, said Prof Bashar Mohammed Khurshid Alam, director general of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), yesterday.
Kazi Nafia Rahman, bdnews24.com Published: 17 Jul 2021 04:00 AM BdST Updated: 17 Jul 2021 04:08 AM BdST
The government’s efforts to ensure self-isolation and quarantine has slowed own and public health experts fear this decline could make the surging coronavirus infection rate even more dangerous. ); }
They say infections will continue to rise until the transmission is stopped. The only way to improve the situation is to break the cycle of infection, by taking measures to stop the transmission of the pathogen from the infected to the uninfected.
For this to happen, everyone has to be vaccinated. But until most of the people are immunised, the experts do not see an alternative to isolation and quarantine of the COVID-19 patients and people who came into close contact with them.