Dhaka, July 3 -- Six months ago, nobody did imagine how our world - and our lives - would be thrown into turmoil by COVID-19. The pandemic has brought out the best and the worst of humanity. Heartwarming acts of resilience, inventiveness, solidarity and kindness - we have seen these all over the world.

The world spent six months since the World Health Organisation (WHO) had received the first reports of a cluster of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause in China. The six-month anniversary of the outbreak coincides with reaching 10 million cases and 500,000 deaths.

Bangladesh, as of June 30, so far recorded 1,847 deaths with the highest-ever single-day death toll - 64- on the day marking the six-month anniversary globally. The number of to...