As the race is on to find a way to get rid
of the deadly coronavirus, Bangladesh has developed a nasal spray which ‘can
kill’ the virus on contact, raising hope among many.
Bangladesh Reference Institute for Chemical
Measurement (BRICM), set up by the government for the development of chemical
metrology, has developed the spray named, ‘Bangasafe Oro-Nasal Spray’.
BRICM claims that it can help people kill
the virus as it is already known that the transmission points of the virus are
mouth, nose and the eyes.
Talking to UNB, its Director General Dr
Mala Khan said, “Soon, we’re going to introduce a nasal spray having the
capacity of killing coronavirus.”
“We got the approval from the Bangladesh
Medical Research Council (BMRC) for a clinical trial on March 24, and it’ll be
completed soon,” she added.
Replying to a question when the nasal spray
will be available in the market, Mala Khan said, “We want to make it available
at the local market with every preparation and now we don’t want to disclose
any further detail of it. But it can be said it’ll be available soon.”
Asked about its price, the BRICM DG said,
“It’ll be kept within the buying capacity of general people, and the price will
be fixed after reviewing the production cost as we don’t have any intention to
make any profit. It’s being produced for the wellbeing of people.”
Replying to another question, she said: “We
can produce it as per the demand of people.”
According to the BRICM, coronavirus exists
in the nose, ear, mouth and throat, and the spray has the capacity to kill
coronavirus in those areas. So, this spray use can help the Corona-infected
people to recover from its infections soon.
Covid-19 situation in Bangladesh
After a slight fall for several days,
Bangladesh’s daily coronavirus death toll crossed the 100-mark again on Sunday
with a sharp fall in new cases.
Fatalities climbed to 11,053 with 101
deaths in the 24 hours to Sunday morning. The virus also infected 2,922 people,
the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in a handout.
The daily infection rate rose to 13.33
percent from Saturday’s 13.11 percent while the mortality rate remained static
at 1.48 percent.
What experts say
Bangladesh is unlikely to see any
improvement in the Covid-19 situation before June next as the country is still
in the grip of its second wave, predicted by a group of local and international
health experts.
Using a mathematical model, Bangladesh Como
Modelling Group, a group of experts from both Bangladesh and Oxford University,
also projected that the country will witness a similar infection rate
intermittently till the end of May while the situation may improve in June.
However, some local experts think the virus is yet to reach its peak as it is spreading fast in newer areas alarmingly since many people had returned to their village homes from corona hotspots before the government enforced the lockdown.
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