Staff Reporter :
The number of Covid-19 infected police personnel across the country has reached 1,153 as on Tuesday afternoon, according to a tally of Bangladesh Police Headquarters.
The figure was 953 till Monday afternoon. Of the total infected, 576 are from Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) alone.
Besides, a good number of infected personnel are from Narayanganj, Gazipur and Dhaka districts, sources in the Police Headquarters said.
Among the infected, 87 have so far recovered, while five police personnel died.Besides, 1,063 others are in isolation as they showed coronavirus like symptoms. A total of 1,179, who were in close contact with the infected, have been put in quarantine, reads the database. Only 181 police personnel were in isolation according to available data till yesterday afternoon, but it rose sharply in the last 24 hours, according to officials.
Sohel Rana, Assistant Inspector General of PHQ, told the reporters that they had taken all necessary steps to ensure treatment of the affected officials.
“We are also allowing them to communicate with family members so that they do not lose mental strength. Besides, the unit chiefs are also keeping close communication with the affected officials regularly,” added the official.
