Bangladesh could face severe Covid-19 surge by June-end if Indian variant spreads: experts People waiting to get tested for coronavirus in front of a tent on the premises of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital yesterday. Testing facilities are again seeing queues of people as the number of new cases has recently been on the rise. Photo: Rashed Shumon UNB, Dhaka UNB, Dhaka With Covid-19 cases soaring in bordering districts likely because of the highly contagious Indian variant, experts fear that Bangladesh may face the worst outbreak of the deadly virus by the end of June. They say if the B.1.617, known as the Indian variant, can make its way into other areas from the bordering districts, Bangladesh is likely to witness more than 20,000 cases a day in early July, raising fatality rate sharply.