Sharmin, Elora
Majumder, Khadija
Foyez Ahmed, Sheikh
Funding for this research was provided by:
BSMMU (2021-2022/02, 2021-2022/02, 2021-2022/02)
Article History
Received: 16 March 2025
Accepted: 18 July 2025
First Online: 26 September 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethical approval was taken from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). The IRB memo number was – BSMMU/2021/12570; Date: 12/12/2021). Written informed consent was obtained from participants and waived in some situation due to the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the urgency of data collection during an emerging infectious disease outbreak.