5 more die with Covid-19 symptoms

Five people, including an eight-year-old girl, have died after showing coronavirus-like symptoms in Khulna, Khagrachhari, Gopalganj, Noakhali and Bogura since Saturday night.

In Khulna, a woman with fever and breathing problems who was undergoing treatment in the isolation ward of Khulna Medical College Hospital, died around noon yesterday.

The patient was admitted to the isolation ward on Saturday night and died around 12:00pm yesterday, Dr Shailendranath Biswas, spokesperson of the hospital, told our Khulna correspondent.

Her sample was sent to the PCR lab of the hospital to be tested for Covid-19, the doctor said.

In Khagrachhari, a 21-year-old male garment worker, who was quarantined at a primary school along with some others in his village of Gugrachari, died yesterday morning, our Rangamati correspondent reported quoting local doctors.

The youth came to his village on Saturday from Chattogram and was quarantined at the school, said Dr Purna Jiban Chakma, residential medical officer (RMO) of Khagrachhari General Hospital.

He died yesterday morning after developing fever, abdominal pain and diarrhoea, he said.

Sample collection from the body for Covid-19 test was underway, the doctor added.

Those who came in contact with the deceased have been asked to stay in quarantine, the RMO said.

In Gopalganj, an 8-year-old girl suffering from fever, cold, cough and respiratory problems died yesterday morning at her house in Tungipara upazila.

Her sample was collected and sent for coronavirus test, our Faridpur correspondent reported quoting Md Jashim Uddin, health and family planning officer of the upazila.

The girl's father had returned from Dhaka five days ago, said the doctor.

The family members of the victim have kept in home quarantine until the report of her test arrives, AFM Nasim, officer in-charge of Tungipara Police Station, said.

In Noakhali, a 55-year-old woman died early yesterday after suffering from fever and breathing problems in Chatkhil upazila, our district correspondent reported quoting doctors.

The woman, who was a diabetic patient, was suffering from fever and breathing problem for the last seven days, said Dr Shahidul Islam, RMO of Chatkhil Upazila Health Complex.

Samples of the woman, her son and daughter and a community medical officer of Mohammadpur union have been sent for tests, said the doctor.

The medical officer had provided treatment to the patient, he said.

The woman's son had recently returned after his madrasa in Dhaka was closed following the government announcement of the countrywide shutdown, the RMO said.

Administration quarantined 18 families of the area after the death of the woman, said Didarul Alam, upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Chatkhil.

In Bogura, a 70-year-old man died, after exhibiting Covid-19-like symptoms in Shajahanpur upazila on Saturday night.

"The patient had a history of chronic lung disease. However, we have collected his samples after his death," Gaosul Azim Chowdhury, civil surgeon of Bogura, told our local correspondent.

"We have locked down some houses and shops yesterday morning after the death of the elderly man," Mahmuda Parvin, upazila nirbahi officer, said.