Implication of social theories in covid-19: a succinct reflection on Bangladesh society

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 or Covid-19, has emerged as the most serious public health threat of the contemporary age. More than 6.8 million individuals have died as a result of this infectious virus, which has infected about 673 million people. Coronavirus spread quickly across the world due to its infectious nature, resulting in a large number of deaths. In many ways, Covid-19 had an impact on nearly every nation in economic, social, cultural, political and other spheres. This paper is an attempt to identify major social determinants of Covid-19 worldwide with an extensive focus on Bangladesh society. The paper is primarily based on secondary sources like journal article, newspaper reports, research reports and validated website contents. The paper revealed that determinants of Covid-19 vary concerning the population, geographic location and other factors. In terms Bangladesh society, predominantly in urban areas, poverty is found to be a major determinant as well as impact of Covid-19. At the one hand, poor people tend to be more exposed to get infected by coronavirus; on another, Covid-19 induced lockdown in many ways crippled economic growth and triggered job loss and unemployment which contributed to increase poverty and marginality. Other social factors like social class, status, physical environment, health seeking behavior, and illiteracy are also found to be major determinants of Covid-19 infection.