A Covid-19 patient, undergoing treatment at Chandpur General Government Hospital, reportedly attempted suicide by jumping off the second floor of the hospital on Saturday. Witnesses said Beauty Begum, 35, wife of Khokon Mia of Algi village in Haimchar upazila, has been undergoing treatment at the isolation ward of the hospital for the past 11 days. Read: Covid patient ‘commits suicide’ in Satkhira When Beauty’s mother-in-law who was attending her went to the toilet around 6 PM, she jumped off the second floor of the hospital, injuring her right leg and backbone, said its medical officer, Omar Faruk. Though she is still Corona positive, Beauty was doing well, Faruk said, adding that she is now being treated for her bone injuries.

A Bangladeshi man who fled Jashore hospital after testing positive for the Indian variant of Coronavirus last week was detained from Chandpur on Wednesday. Younus Gazi, 28, a resident of Cahrrampur village, was held from the district’s Bipinbag area in a drive conducted by a team of Faridganj police led by Officer-in-Charge Md Shahid Hossain. Also read: Covid-19: Three more cases of Indian variant reported in Bangladesh Three of Gazi’s family members, including his mother, were admitted to the Isolation Ward of Faridganj Upazila Health Complex under police surveillance, Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer Dr Ashraf Ahmed Chowdhury said Thursday. “Samples were collected from them today for testing,” he said. Also read: Indian Variant: The New Concern Ten coronavirus patients fled from the Jashore District Government Hospital on April 24 and 25. Six of them, including Gazi, had returned from India. Police caught all 10 patients on April 26 and brought them back to the hospital. Also read: Indian variant couldn't spread much: Health Minister Gazi managed to flee from there on May 13 while he tested positive for the Indian variant of the virus.