Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF) said 128 physicians who were diagnosed with coronavirus have recovered until Friday.

As many as 565 physicians at both government and private hospitals were infected with coronavirus while treating patients, Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF) said Monday.

A physician of Faridpur Medical College Hospital (FMCH) tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday.

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.  

Frontline coronavirus fighters in Bangladesh continue to get infected while treating patients at hospitals.   Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF), a forum of physicians, said 352 physicians at private and public hospitals got infected as of Sunday.   “Among them, 274 are in Dhaka division alone,” said Nirupam Das, the chief administrator of the foundation. 

As Bangladesh is already under tremendous pressure to cope with the coronavirus outbreak with inadequate doctors and nurses, experts warned that the country cannot afford to lose health professionals to coronavirus only for lack of necessary protective measures and collective efforts.

Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF), a forum of physicians, has said 170 doctors -- both in public and private hospitals -- have got infected with coronavirus in the country as of Monday morning.