As many as 565 physicians at both government and private hospitals have been infected with coronavirus while treating patients, according to Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF).
“Of those infected, 404 are from Dhaka division alone,” Dr Nirupam Das, chief administrator of the foundation, said on Monday, UNB reports.
BDF data showed that among the doctors in Dhaka division who have tested positive, 238 work at government hospitals, 144 at private hospitals and 22 at other places.
Of the total infected doctors, 364 got infected while treating patients at government hospitals, 147 are affiliated with private hospitals and 54 physicians are shown in other category.
Meanwhile, 61 doctors were diagnosed with Covid-19 in Mymensingh division, while 15 in Chittagong, 29 in Khulna, 10 in Barisal, six in Sylhet and eight in Rangpur division.
Dr Nirupam said doctors should be careful while disposing their personal safety gears to be safe from the virus.
Besides physicians, police members, who have been working for maintaining social distance in cities, roads, highways and rural areas, are also getting infected at an alarming rate.
The number of total Covid-19-infected policemen stood at 854 until Sunday morning.
Bangladesh has recorded 10,143 Covid-19 cases and 182 deaths as of Monday, since the first detection on March 8.
