324 doctors infected with Covid-19 so far: BDF

At least 324 doctors of government and private hospitals across the country have tested positive with the novel coronavirus till date.

Confirming the matter to The Business Standard, Bangladesh Doctors' Foundation's (BDF) Chief Administrator Dr Nirupom Das said, "Of the infected doctors, 255 are in Dhaka, 26 in Mymensingh, 12 in Chattogram, seven in Khulna, eight in Barishal, two in Sylhet, three in Rangpur and seven other in some other districts."

On April 23, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said, the government has taken initiative to appoint 2,000 doctors and 6,000 nurses as many doctors and nurses have tested positive with the virus and many are in quarantine.