Desk Report
Published: 26 Jan 2022, 11:31 pm
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) || Photo: Collected
Directorate General of Health
Services (DGHS) has finalised clinical guidelines to contain the outbreak
of Omicron variant of COVID-19 as the new South African variant is spreading
fast in the country.
In a virtual bulletin,
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Spokesperson Prof Dr Nazmul Islam
today said, "The number of Omicron variant infected cases is increasing
sharply across the country."
Referring to the studies of
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and
Research (IEDCR) and International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (ICDDR,
B), he said these studies found that a significant number of people are being
infected by Omicron variant of COVID-19 alongside Delta variant.
The DGHS spokesperson said the
new variant is largely responsible for the recent spike of coronavirus across
the country and, "For this, the DGHS has finalized the clinical guidelines
for combating the spread of the coronavirus."
"We will provide the
guidelines to all relevant health organizations to disseminate information
related to Omicron among mass people," he added.
About the symptoms of the highly
contagious variant Omicron, Nazmul said the relevant organizations are working
to find out symptoms of Omicron.
As per the WHO standard
Bangladesh remained well below the danger line as the country witnessed less
than five percent positivity rate of COVID-19 for over three months but
authorities issued a fresh alert on November 27, 2021 for Bangladesh after the
outbreak of the highly contagious Omicron variant.
WHO has declared the Omicron as a “variant of
concern”.
The fresh wave, however, is
reported from across the globe following the emergence of the Omicron variant
of the virus from South Africa on November 25, 2021 and was first detected in
Bangladesh on December 11.