Response to COVID-19 in Bangladesh: Strategies to Resist the Growing Trend of COVID-19 in a Less Restricted Situation.

The current pandemic of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has been a global concern since its outbreak, where the number of COVID-19 cases is also on a rapid surge in Bangladesh with the report of a total of 178,443 cases after the detection of the first three cases in this country on 8 March 2020. From the beginning, the Bangladesh government has taken different initiatives to contain the outbreak of COVID-19, though the government has reduced the restrictions from public life by lifting shut down and re-opening to keep sustained the economy of the country. In this short commentary, we describe the initiatives that the Bangladesh government has taken to respond to COVID-19, the current challenges to fight against COVID-19, and suggest the possible strategies to resist the growing trend of COVID-19 in a less restricted and non-shut down situation.