Our role in corona research

As if we've given all responsibilities of research on combatting Covid-19 to a handful of nations. Even if we accept that advanced countries and their universities and pharmaceutical companies would carry our research to develop vaccine, each country should have its own strategies and preparedness to overcome the challenges of the pandemic.

It's sad to know that hardly any Bangladeshi research organisation, including major universities, conducted corona-related research. Such research would have covered hygiene, cultural habits and civic behaviour, possibility of herd immunity, effects of medicine, capacity of healthcare service providers, economic fallout and remedies. The research findings could have been useful in a variety of ways for public welfare.

Zafar Iqbal

Winnipeg, Canada

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