Dhaka, May 1 -- As Bangladesh, and a number of other countries around the world, began the process of gradually opening up their economies this week, the World Health Organization (WHO) said any country needs to make sure that good and appropriate health measures are already in place demonstrating its ability to tackle the situation confidently before it slowly starts withdrawing its lockdown.

"When we start slowly opening the lockdown, we need to make sure that this doesn't resurge again. We have to ensure that," WHO Representative to Bangladesh Dr Bardan Jung Rana said in an interview with our sister newsagency UNB and Dhaka Courier.

He referred to countries' ability to detect, isolate, test and treat people which should be in place s...