Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF), a forum of physicians, on Thursday said a total of 475 doctors have so far been infected with coronavirus while treating Covid-19 patients at both government and private hospitals.
“Among the total, 35 were infected in the last 24 hours till Thursday,” said Nirupam Das, the chief administrator of the foundation.
Of the total infected doctors, 316 are from government hospitals while 122 are attached with private hospitals and 37 doctors are shown in another category.
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The BDF data reveal that 343 doctors got infected with the virus in Dhaka division alone as of Thursday, including 203 from government hospitals and 119 from private hospitals.
The BDF data show that 54 doctors were diagnosed with Covid-19 in Mymensingh division while 14 in Chattogram, 25 in Khulna, 10 in Barishal, six in Sylhet and seven in Rangpur division.
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Dr Nirupam said doctors should be careful while disposing the personal safety gears.
Bangladesh has so far reported 168 fatalities and 7,667 coronavirus cases.