Identifying the Associated Risk Factors of Sleep Disturbance During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Bangladesh: A Web-Based Survey

17, September 2020 | Bangladesh

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The emergence of a cluster of acute respiratory illnesses that occurred by exposure to SARS-COV-2 is officially identified as COVID-19, which was first observed in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China (1–3). The WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a “pandemic” on March 11, 2020 as the virus spreads increasingly worldwide (4). As of June 24, 2020, 213 countries and territories around the world are affected by the SARS-COV-2, and a total of 9,360,758 COVID-19 cases in the world have been confirmed, and 479,896 deaths have occurred worldwide from the disease (5). Almost all countries are adopting preventive measures such as remote office activities, international travel bans, mandatory lockdowns, and physical distancing. Bangladesh, a developing country with a lower-middle-income and one of the world’s most densely populated areas, is also trying to stop the spread of the disease with its limited resources. The country confirmed the first COVID-19 case on March 7 (6). There are 119,198 total confirmed cases and 1,545 total deaths in Bangladesh as of June 24, 2020 (7). The government of Bangladesh declared the enforcement of lockdown on March 26 to prevent the spreading of this infectious virus (6).