Bangladesh on Thursday recorded  48 more deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, mounting the death tally to 3,083.

Thousands of people in the flood-hit districts will continue to suffer as no significant improvement has been seen yet in the overall flood situation.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury in an open letter has urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to open the corona unit of Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital.

BNP on Thursday demanded the government put Prof Abul Kalam Azad, who resigned from the post of the Director General (DG) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), on trial for his alleged irregularities in the health sector.

A total of 73 people tested positive for coronavirus in Barishal, Nilphamari and Thakurgaon districts as of Tuesday morning. 

Though the government has extended public holidays and transport shutdown until May 30 to restrict mass exodus from Dhaka during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, many people have started venturing out for their village homes using alternative vehicles, triggering a fresh worry of spreading the coronavirus in non-infected areas.

More than 350 stranded Canadians citizens and permanent residents left Dhaka for Toronto, Canada on Monday. 

Bangladesh could be staring at another wave of coronavirus cases as thousands of people left capital Dhaka for their home districts ignoring the government’s restrictions on movement and risks of infection.

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.

Over 4.55 crore people across the country have received relief provided  by the government with a view to easing their sufferings and miseries during the coronavirus crisis.    A total of 1,53,217 mts of rice was allocated as relief and 1.19 lakh mts was distributed among 4.55 crore people and over 1.2crore families of the country till May 12 (Tuesday), said a handout on Wednesday.   Besides, the government has allocated nearly Tk 85 crore in cash as relief and Tk 53.08 crore so far has been distributed among 3.14 crore individuals of 61,24,388 families.   Apart from this, a total of 8.5 lakh beneficiaries of 4.10lakh families received Tk 12.76 crore as baby food aid worth , out of Taka 17.54 crore allocated by the government, the handout added.