Bangladesh records highest number of single day COVID-19 infection, 2000 doctors appointed
Bangladesh today reported 887 new Corona cases and 14 deaths over the last 24 hours since Saturday.
This is the highest single-day increase in the number of Corona positive cases in the country since the first case was reported on March 18.
With this the total number of people infected with Corona has gone up to 14657 in the country and the death toll has mounted to 228.
During the last 24 hours 236 patients recovered taking the total number of recovered persons to 2650.
In order to fight the spread of Corona effectively, the government of Bangladesh on Sunday recruited 2000 more doctors and given them postings.
This was. announced on Sunday by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) of
Bangladesh. Earlier, on Thursday, government-appointed more than 5000 nurses in several hospitals dedicated to Coronavirus treatment in the country.
It also waived off VAT on Personal protective equipment (PPE) and surgical masks as measures to tackle the pandemic on Wednesday.Following the announcement of the government that shops and malls can open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to facilitate Eid shopping from Sunday, only some shops in a few markets opened up for business in Dhaka.
