Staff Reporter :
A total of 2,895 police members got infected with coronavirus (Covid-19) as of Wednesday.
Meanwhile, among the total coronavirus-infected police members, most of them were from Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), sources at Police Headquarters told the media.
In the meantime, at least nine members of the law enforcement died of COVID-19, sources said.
At present, 3,518 policemen are in quarantine while 1,256 are being treated at isolation units of different hosptials. Besides, 466 patients made full recovery.
Members of Bangladesh Police, Armed forces, and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), along with other agencies have been jointly working to ensure social distancing across the country. Meanwhile, around 400 members of Armed Forces both in-service and retired military/civilian members and their families were admitted to Dhaka Combined Military Hospital (CMH) with coronavirus infection recently.
Among them, 88 made full recovery, six died and all other patients admitted to the hospital are healthy, said a media release of Inter – Service Public Relation (ISPR) Directorate.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh Police recently hired the 250-bed Impulse Hospital in the city’s Tejgaon for the treatment of coronavirus-infected police members.
Bangladesh reported the highest coronavirus cases 1,617 on Wednesday while confirmed 386 deaths as 16 more people died in the last 24 hours.
