500 doctors infected with Covid-19 till Thursday: BDF
In Dhaka division alone, 343 doctors were diagnosed with the deadly virus as of now
As coronavirus continues to spread across the country, some 500 doctors of both private and public hospitals have so far been infected with the virus as of Thursday, said Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF), a forum of the physicians.
Of them, the infection rate is higher among the doctors who are working in the capital, Dr Nirupam Das, founder and chief administrator of BDF, told The Business Standard.
In Dhaka division alone, 343 doctors were diagnosed with the deadly virus as of now.
Among the physicians, 203 work in government hospitals, 119 work in private hospitals and 21 in other hospitals, the BDF data reveals.