Work on a 2,000-bed isolation centre at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) in Dhaka for Covid-19 patients is going on in full swing, reports UNB.
Visiting the establishment on Thursday, a UNB correspondent found that the shed of the temporary hospital has already been installed, while technicians were working to set up isolation units for patients under the massive tent.
Some beds were also taken to the isolation centre for installation for the Covid-19 patients.
Technicians, who were working at the tent, said they hope the hospital would be ready within next week.
On Saturday, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said three new coronavirus isolation centres with 4,500 beds were being prepared in the capital city.
He said the government had taken an initiative to prepare these centres at the ICCB having 2,000 beds, Dhaka North City Corporation Convention Centre with 1,300 beds, and four buildings in Uttara’s Diabari area with 1,200 beds.
Besides, he said, Government Mugda Hospital, National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (Nitor) and some other hospitals would be prepared for treating patients of Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
Bangladesh has so far confirmed 1,572 coronavirus cases and 60 deaths from the highly contagious virus.
Of those, the country confirmed a record number of 341 positive cases and 10 deaths from the virus in a 24-hour period till Thursday.
Meanwhile, the global Covid-19 death toll was more than 142,000 until Thursday.
