COVID-19 : The Frontline Fighters

The healthcare personnel are the frontline fighters of COVID–19. COVID–19 is an infectious disease. This deadly virus has already claimed thousands of lives in the world and is still counting. However, the healthcare personnel like doctors, nurses, paramedics, microbiologists etc are fighting with whatever they have against this invisible enemy to save the mankind. The situation would be unthinkable if they stopped working even for a day. Day and night, the healthcare professionals are treating thousands of COVID patients putting their lives. Their sacrifice can be marked as 'one of the greatest'. Especially in a country like Bangladesh where the medical facilities are the minimal, those frontline fighters are at even more risk. They are the heroes without capes. They have rendered their service bravely in the face of death. They should be recognized and honoured like true heroes, the bravest of all. Thus, the frontline fighters are the real soldiers who can defeat the COVID–19.

COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2. This virus causes mild to severe respiratory illness with symptoms like fever, dry cough, fatigue, throat ache, sore muscle, diarrhoea, loss of taste and smell and breathing difficulties. This deadly virus has already taken hundreds of thousands of lives and is still rampaging the entire world. However, the healthcare personnel like doctors, nurses, paramedics, and the microbiologists are fighting heart and soul to save the common people from the the grip of the virus. This situation would be unthinkable if they stopped working. They are the frontline fighters of COVID-19 pandemic where the battle is against an invisible enemy with which the normal soldiers cannot fight. Each day and night, the healthcare professionals are treating thousands of COVID patients risking their own lives. Hundreds of doctors and nurses contracted the virus and died while attending the patients. This is one of the greatest sacrifices in the history of mankind. Especially in a country like Bangladesh where the medical facilities are the minimal, the doctors and nurses are even more risk. They are the heroes without capes and have rendered their service unflinchingly in the face of death. If they were not with us, human civilization would be on the verge of extinction. They should be honoured like true heroes, the bravest of all.