Bangladeshis have now become sceptical about testing after the recent debacle. — AFP pic
The huge drop followed the arrest of more than a dozen people, including a Dhaka hospital owner, on charges they issued fake certificates to thousands of patients saying they were virus-free without testing them. The low death rate—officially at 1.28 per cent—rather than concerns over the veracity of test results also meant people with virus-symptoms preferred to stay at home, she added.
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