Grameenphone has completed the distribution of 50,000 sets of medical-grade full set PPE to 12 hospitals selected by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

More than 600 physicians at both government and private hospitals got infected with coronavirus while treating patients, Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF) said Wednesday.

Bangladesh reported its highest daily new cases on Monday with the detection of 688 patients, taking the number of confirmed coronavirus cases to 10,143.

The number doctors infected by coronavirus reached 554 on Sunday, said Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF), a forum of physicians.

The number of doctors infected with coronavirus in the country reached 540 on Saturday, said the Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF), a forum of physicians.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said 29 centres across Bangladesh are carrying out coronavirus tests and called for concerted efforts to overcome the current crisis.

As coronavirus continues to spread across the country, 440 doctors of both private and public hospitals have so far been infected with the virus as of Wednesday, said Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF), a forum of physicians.

Two doctors are getting infected every hour on average while fighting against the novel coronavirus at both government and private hospitals across the country.