BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, who has been undergoing treatment at Square Hospitals for the past two weeks for Covid-19, was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as his condition worsened.
Rizvi’s oxygen level has dropped below 70, causing breathing problems, said BNP Health Affairs Secretary Rafiqul Islam.
“Besides, the BNP senior joint secretary general is also suffering from fever and cough, Rafiqul said, adding, “He [Rizvi] was taken to the ICU of the hospital around 2:30pm.”
On March 18, Rizvi was admitted to the Square Hospital with a high fever and cough caused by the coronavirus infections. He tested positive for the virus on March 17.
Meanwhile, BNP Standing Committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain and his wife Bilkis Akhter were also admitted to the same hospital with coronavirus infections on Wednesday night.
