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Another cop tests positive for coronavirus in Chattogram
Another policeman was diagnosed with coronavirus.
With the latest one, total 11 policemen have so far been infected with the virus, said Chattogram Civil Surgeon Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi.
Abu Bakar Siddique, deputy police commissioner of Dampara Police Lines, said eight traffic police, two policemen from Dampara Police Lines and a policeman, who served in Khulshi area of the city were found infected with the virus and they were given treatment at an isolating center.
The district has so far confirmed 72 coronavirus cases and five deaths.
Trade through Benapole port resumes after one month
Export-import activities through Benapole Land Port resumed on Thursday afternoon after a month-long pause following the coronavirus outbreak.
Software Park dorm being used for quarantining frontline fighters
The dormitory of Sheikh Hasina Software Technology in Jashore is being used for quarantining physicians, nurses and other health workers amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The local administration said four doctors and six nurses have been kept in quarantine at the dormitory since April 25 after State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak gave the permission.
People block highway in Jashore for relief
Several hundred people who have been left jobless due to the ongoing shutdown following the coronavirus pandemic blocked Jashore-Khulna highway in Sadar upazila on Thursday, demanding relief.
Fishermen set to start fishing early Friday after two-month ban
Fishermen here are set to start catching Hilsa early Friday after a two-month ban on catching, selling and transporting of the national fish ends.
Relief misappropriation: Upazila, UP members sued in Sherpur
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed two cases against two upazila parishad and union parishad members in Sherpur for embezzling government relief and rice.
3 Covid-19 patients made recovery in Faridpur
Three Covid-19 patients who were undergoing treatment at Faridpur Medical College Hospital returned home on Thursday after their full recovery.
3 die on same night in Manikganj isolation ward
Three people aged 50-55 who were undergoing treatment at the isolation ward of Manikganj General Hospital, passed away in the space of half a day, from Wednesday evening to early Thursday.
Khulna transport workers going hungry
Amid the countrywide shutdown announced by the government to prevent the spread of coronavirus, transport workers in Khulna say they are facing difficulties as they are not getting any food and financial aid from the local administration.
11 doctors of Jashore hospital sent to quarantine
Eleven doctors and as many nurses of Jashore General Hospital were sent to home quarantine on Wednesday after they came in close contact with coronavirus patients.
Resident Medical Officer Dr Arif Ahmed said the doctors and staffers of the hospital were sent to 14-day quarantine after two patients of the hospital tested positive for coronavirus.
Dr Dilip Kumar Roy, supervisor of the hospital, said the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) and medicine ward of the hospital were put under lockdown and the patients receiving treatment there were shifted to other wards.
“The samples of the doctors and nurses will be collected soon for testing,” he said.
According to Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF), a forum of physicians, 440 doctors at both private and public hospitals have been infected with the virus as of Wednesday.
Of them, 303 are from different government hospitals, 100 from private hospitals while 37 were shown in other category in the BDF data.
Bangladesh has so far confirmed 7,103 coronavirus cases and 163 deaths.