4,957 doctors, nurses, health workers infected with coronavirus

Special Correspondent Published: 5 July 2020, 10:41 AM
4,957 doctors, nurses, health workers infected with coronavirus

A total of 4,957 doctors, nurses and health workers have been infected with coronavirus so far across the country.

Of them, 1,694 are doctors, 1,344 nurses and 1,911 health workers. So far, 61 doctors died from the disease. 

Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) revealed the information in a press release on Saturday. 

BMA President Dr Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin and Secretary General Ihteshamul Haque Chowdhury expressed their deep shocks at the deaths of the doctors.