At least 103 physicians in Bangladesh died so far from Covid-19 and 8,092 health workers were infected with the virus, according to the Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA).
The BMA expressed deep condolences to the victims’ families saying that the contribution of the physicians in such a condition must not be forgotten.
Of the total infections, some 2853 doctors, 1968 nurses, and 3271 other health staffers got infected since the first virus case was reported in the country on March 8 till November 2.
Another doctors' association, Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF), however, reported that at least 123 doctors so far died in the pandemic.
Of them, 112 were confirmed died in Covid-19 and 11 died with Covid-19 symptoms, it said.
Besides, 3735 doctors tested positive to the novel coronavirus while 2997 made recoveries, Chairman of BDF Dr. Md Shahed Rafi Pavel told the FE.
Meanwhile, at least 26 journalists died from Covid-19 while 11 more died with coronavirus-like symptoms across the country so far, according to a local journalists’ platform titled ‘Our Media, Our Rights’.
Newsmen are facing the brunt of the virus infection in the pandemic because of their role of covering events from the frontline.
Besides, a total of 986 newsmen of national and regional newspapers, TV, online media, and other platforms got infected with the virus till Sunday.
Of the total infected, some 938 newsmen made recovery and joined their services so far, it added.
