Survivors of COVID 19: Micro-ethnography of the Coronavirus Recovery Process

Abstract

 The Coronavirus disease is an infectious disease caused by the virus named SARSCoV-2. The new disease spread quickly and a significant number of people affected, suffered and many of them lost their lives. A considerable number of affected patients have  been recovered successfully. This paper focused on  the recovery process of the COVID 19 from the affected patients’ perspective in a  locality of Dhaka City. To understand the people’s sufferings and ability of the healthcare system in the country, twelve cases have  been selected randomly from the study area. The patients were affected in the first six months of the outbreak. Their vulnerability,  sufferings, the treatment process, role of the family members and relatives, experience in the community life, etc. have been analyzed  from socio-cultural perspective. This paper argued that the COVID 19 has created stressful conditions to the patients, their families  and the institutions they are associated with. The survivors combatted it through a combination of medication, mental strength,  familial support and caregiving, community based practices along with the institutional healthcare facilities.