The deadly coronavirus which has spread to 60 districts of the country, out of 64, has infected 324 physicians both at private and public hospitals as of Saturday, said Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF), a forum of physicians.
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France testing whether nicotine could prevent coronavirus
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Coronavirus patient flees Sylhet hospital
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Global coronavirus death toll reaches 190,654, cases 2.7mn
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Gonoshasthaya Kendra sample local Covid testing kits Apr 25
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Prevention, not weather can stop coronavirus in BD: Experts
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Dhaka reports 7 more Covid-19 deaths, 414 new cases
Seven more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Thursday, taking the death toll in the country to 127.
218 Bangladesh policemen infected with coronavirus
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Two US pet cats test positive
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Jessore community medical officer tests Covid-19 positive
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Four doctors test virus positive in Narail
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Dhaka records 10 coronavirus deaths, 390 cases in a day
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Coronavirus cases rise to 134 in Narsingdi
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India reports 1,553 one-day virus cases as lockdown eased
India recorded its biggest single-day spike in coronavirus cases on Monday as the government eased one of the world’s strictest lockdowns to allow some manufacturing and agricultural activity to resume.
Death toll crosses 100 in BD; 492 new cases found in 24 hrs
The death toll from coronavirus continues to rise in Bangladesh as 10 more people died from the virus infection in the last 24 hours till Monday, taking the total casualties in the country to 101.