BNP’s different district units, mainly in bordering areas, on Sunday submitted a memorandum to civil surgeons with a set of demands, including ensuring proper treatment of Covid patients.

BNP organising secretary Syed Emran Saleh Prince said their party’s Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj, Natore, Bogura, Joypurhat, Sirajganj, Khulna, Satkhira, Jhenaidah and Narail district units and Rajshahi and Khulna city units submitted the memorandum.

In the wake of worsening Covid situation and treatment crisis at different district public hospitals, he said their party took the move as per a directive of its acting chairman Tarique Rahman.

In the memorandum, BNP voiced deep concern over the growing high infection rate of the deadly virus and urged the government to take prompt steps to contain it.

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It also urged the government to increase the number of daily Covid tests, set up separate Covid hospitals, increase beds at the hospitals, ensure adequate oxygen cylinders, high-flow nasal cannulas, ICU beds, other treatment equipment’s, doctors and nurses for proper treatment of virus-infected patients.

The party also called upon the government to provide sufficient allocations to the districts where the coronavirus infection is very high.

It also urged the government to take steps so that the non-Covid patients can receive normal treatment alongside the Covid-infected ones.

BNP also demanded the government to collect necessary vaccines to get rid of the dangerous pandemic.

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The country on Sunday reported 119 deaths from Covid, the biggest ever daily Covid fatalities since the virus hit the country.

Besides, 5,268 more people were identified with Covid infection across the country in 24 hours until Sunday morning.

Meanwhile, the government is set to enforce a “strict lockdown” on a limited scale from Monday to slow down the transmission of the highly infectious Delta variant of the Covid-19.