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More than 8,000 doctors, health workers affected by Covid-19 in Bangladesh Covid-19
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More than 8,000 doctors, health workers affected by Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Live News | @banglalivenews | 26 Oct 2020, 06:22 pm

Dhaka, 28 October 2020: The number of coronavirus infected doctors and nurses in the country stood at 8,084. Of them, 2,852 are doctors, 1,966 are nurses and 3,266 are officials and employees.

This information was given in a press release issued by Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) on Sunday (October 25).

According to the release, the capital Dhaka has been the most affected.

The disease has affected 818 doctors, 785 nurses and 445 officials and employees in different government and private hospitals in Dhaka.

A top BMA official said many people became infected in the early stages of coronavirus infection because they did not have adequate knowledge about the disease and its management.

However, the number of victims has decreased in recent times.