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60+ people account for ‘50 pc coronavirus deaths’ in Bangladesh
Though the people of 60 years of age or above make up only 10 percent of coronavirus patients in Bangladesh, they account for 50 percent of fatalities from the virus.
Responding to queries from UNB, experts have attributed this to comorbidities and weakened immune system of senior people.
Even then, the experts think coronavirus is showing much pity on Bangladeshi elderly people as over 70 percent deaths from the virus in most other worst-affected countries are among people in their 60s or older.
They suggested the elderly people to be more careful, stay indoors, strictly follow social distancing, take nutritious food and follow the advice of their doctors to remain safe from the virus.
Talking to UNB, Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora, director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), said the percentage of people aged over 60 infected with the coronavirus is relatively low, but the mortality rate in this group is high as they have many other underlying health problems.
Coronavirus: 25 families put under lockdown in Dohar
The local administration on Tuesday put 25 families under lockdown after the first coronavirus case was confirmed in Dohar upazila.
Dohar Upazila Health Officer Dr Md Jashim Uddin said they collected the sample from the person on Monday and it came out positive on Tuesday morning.
The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) will decide about taking the infected man to Dhaka or keeping him here for treatment, he added.
Md Sazzad Hossain, officer-in-charge of Dohar Police Station, said they put 25 families under lockdown after confirmation on Tuesday morning.
People’s movements in the area have been restricted while announcements were made from loudspeaker in the local mosque in this regard, OC added.
Bangladesh has so far confirmed 2,948 coronavirus cases and 101 deaths.
Two more test positive for coronavirus in Nawabganj
Two youths were diagnosed with coronavirus in Nawabganj on Tuesday, taking the number of confirmed cases in the upazila to eight.
Nawabganj Upazila Health Complex’s Medical Officer Dr Hargobinda Sarkar Anup said one of them is 26-year-old and the other is 32.
Both of them returned home at Munshinagar of Churain union from Narayanganj recently, he said.
Among coronavirus patients in the upazila, five are from Churain.
The new patients will be sent to Dhaka’s Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital or Kurmitola General Hospital for treatment, said Dr Anup.
Altogether 76 samples were sent to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) for testing and eight of them were found to be positive, he added.
Bangladesh has so far confirmed 101 deaths and 2,948 coronavirus cases.
Man dies with fever, cough, breathing problems in Khulna
A 43-year-old man died on Tuesday morning after suffering from fever, cough and breathing complication for five days at Rajapur village in Rupsha upazila.
Dr Ashrafur Rahman, emergency medical officer of Khulna Medical College Hospital, said the man had died before he was brought to the hospital around 9am.
A sample was collected from the deceased and it will be tested soon, he added.
Family members of the deceased said he used to work at a mobile servicing store in the city.
Probe body formed to investigate low-quality N-95 masks
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare formed a committee on Sunday to investigate allegation that low-quality products were passed on as N-95 masks to some government hospitals.
Mask supplier CMSD was show-caused. After reviewing the allegation and the supplier’s response, the ministry formed a three-member investigation committee, a Health Ministry press release said.
Oil price goes negative
US oil prices turned negative for the first time in history as the demand for oil falls amid a global lockdown to tackle coronavirus pandemic.
One more diagnosed with coronavirus in Joypurhat
Another youth tested positive for coronavirus on Monday night taking the total number of confirmed cases to three in the district.
Civil Surgeon Dr Selim Mia said the 33-year-old patient from Manik village of Panchbibi upazila was sent to Gopinathpur IHT Isolation Centre.
He said another 43 samples were collected in the last 24 hours.
The civil surgeon also informed that 21 people in the district have been sent to isolation while 471 people are staying in quarantine.
Bangladesh has so far confirmed 2,948 coronavirus cases and 101 deaths.
Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana on Monday said, "We’re in a great crisis”.
Some US producers resume operations, states reopening
Despite nationwide concerns, Boeing and at least one other heavy-equipment manufacturer resumed operations while a number of states outlined aggressive reopening plans on Monday.
JUST conducting coronavirus tests
The Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST) is testing coronavirus samples collected from seven districts in Bangladesh’s south eastern region.
“We’re conducting tests at Genome Centre at the university since Saturday,” said the centre’s assistant director Prof Dr Md Iqbal Kabir Jahid.
Samples collected and sent by civil surgeons from Jashore, Narail, Jhenidah, Magura, Kushtia, Chuadanga and Meherpur are being tested here, he said.
Prof Iqbal said they tested 104 samples since Saturday at the centre and none of them was positive.
The test results of 99 samples received from seven districts on Monday will be available on Tuesday, he added.
Directorate General of Health Services provided 400 testing kits through Jashore civil surgeon’s office, said Prof Iqbal.
“We’ll be in crisis soon as we only have 197 kits at hand right now,” he said.
Jashore Civil Surgeon Dr Sheikh Abu Shahin said he has not been informed about shortage of testing kits, but will send the requisition on the demand for kits to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).
Bangladesh has so far confirmed 2,948 coronavirus cases and 101 deaths.
Citing the situation of Bangladesh, Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana on Monday said, "We’re in a great crisis.”
Coronavirus patient buried at night in Sirajganj
Police on Monday night buried a man at Malsapara of Sirajganj Municipality after he died of coronavirus in Dhaka.
Hafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said the 50-year-old man from Gozaria died while being treated in quarantine.
Police buried the man around 10pm on an appeal from his family members, the OC said, adding that only the man’s wife accompanied the body.
She returned to Dhaka after burial.
Bangladesh has so far confirmed 2,948 coronavirus cases and 101 deaths.
Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana on Monday described the situation as “a great crisis”.