COVID-19 challenge
Coronavirus: Grameen Telecom provides healthcare equipment to hospitals
Grameen Telecom has distributed healthcare equipment to hospitals dedicated to treatment of COVID-19 patients in the capital and seven divisional cities.
The company has so far provided 5,500 high quality PPEs (gowns), 16,500 KN-95 masks, 11,000 hand gloves and 990 protective goggles to 11 hospitals in seven divisional cities, said a press release.
These protective gears have been given for doctors, nurses and other health workers who are treating patients infected with coronavirus.
Coronavirus: Global death toll reaches 287,293, cases over 4 m
The global death tally from coronavirus pandemic reached 287,293 as of Tuesday morning.
Since the first reported in China in December last year, coronavirus has so far infected 4,254,800 people globally, according to Worldometer.
Meanwhile, among the currently 2,440,363 infected patients, 2,393,4279 are in mild condition, which is 98 percent.
On the other hand, 46,936 infected of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only two, the Worldometer shows.
COVID-19: Call for extra steps to include people with disabilities
The UN human rights body has said targeted measures are needed to address the disproportionate risks faced by persons with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
69pc RMG workers stop sending money to families: Study
About 69 percent of the readymade garment (RMG) workers who used to send money to their families in villages have stopped doing so after the coronavirus outbreak, a recent study found.
Seventy-six percent of the female workers and 61 percent male workers did not send money to their families, said the study by Innovation Consulting, a Dhaka-based international consultancy providing research, technical assistance and project management services to multilateral and bi-lateral donor agencies.
According to the study findings, 97 percent of the workers will stop sending money to their villages if they do not get salaries for the month of April.
21 RMCH physicians, 21 others test negative for Covid-19
Twenty-one doctors and 12 nurses among 42 staff members of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) who were sent on quarantine after they came in contact with a Covid-19 patient have tested negative for coronavirus.
Banking hours in commercial areas extended
All the banks in commercial areas of Motijheel and Dilkhusha in Dhaka and Khatunganj and Agrabad in Chattogram will operate transaction from 10 am to 2pm from Sunday next to facilitate export-import business.
Coronavirus: Grameen Telecom stands by doctors, healthcare workers
Along with the government, Grameen Telecom is extending its helping hand towards doctors and healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
Grameen Fabrics and Fashion Ltd (GFFL), financed by Grameen Telecom, is manufacturing personal protective equipment (gowns) for the safety of doctors, nurses and healthcare workers, said a press release.
It has manufactured over 25,000 safety gowns as of Thursday, of which the majority has gone to different hospitals and healthcare institutions of the country, it said.
Meanwhile, imported cloth and seam sealing tape has reached the GFFL factory for the production of an additional 20,000 PPE for doctors, nurses and health personnel, especially those engaged at Intensive Care Units (ICU).
The press release said the manufacturing of such gowns will start in a few days.
10 doctors among 15 quarantined in Chandpur
Fifteen people, including 10 doctors and a sanitary inspector, have been sent on home-quarantine after a lab technician of Faridganj Health Complex tested positive for coronavirus in Chandpur.
Banks to operate from 10am to 1pm again
Banks will operate transaction from 10am to 1pm from Sunday next as the Bangladesh Bank has increased the operation time by half an hour.
Four more test positive for Covid-19 in Keraniganj
Four more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Keraniganj, taking the number of total cases to 31 in the upazila.
Confirming the matter, Upazila Health Officer Dr Mir Mobarak Hossain said the infected people were sent to Kuwait-Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital in the capital for treatment.