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cord-311256-o3ig9sde	Rahman, Md Mostafizur	Biomedical waste amid COVID-19: perspectives from Bangladesh	2020-08-13		.txt	text/plain	552	40	60	The average medical waste generation rate is 1·63-1·99 kg per bed per day in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. 3 In April 2020, at least 14 500 tonnes of waste from health care was generated across the country because of COVID-19, 4 which has undoubtedly increased due to the increasing infection rate. Also, on average, 206 tonnes of medical waste are produced because of COVID-19 per day in Dhaka alone. In Bangladesh, despite the introduction of the Medical Waste Management and Processing Rules in 2008, no safe system has yet been developed to manage the health-care waste generated daily in hospitals, clinics, and households. Additionally, household waste (eg, tissues, masks, gloves) puts waste management workers at increased health risk. Failing to tackle the huge surge in medical waste amid COVID-19 is likely to put Bangladesh at further environmental and public health risk.	./cache/cord-311256-o3ig9sde.txt	./txt/cord-311256-o3ig9sde.txt