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On Friday, the day of the transition boom, the MBBS admissions test was held in different cities, including Dhaka, so millions of people have gathered. On the afternoon of the holidays, book lovers also flocked to the Amar Ekushey Book Fair.
According to the Department of Health, 6,630 people in the country were infected with coronavirus in the 24 hours until Thursday morning; Another 50 people died. The number of patients identified so far in the country with new patients stood at 6 lakh 24,594 people. And a total of 9,155 of them have died.
This number of patients identified in one day is the highest since the beginning of the epidemic in the country. On Monday, a year after the first coronavirus case was detected in Bangladesh on March 8 last year, more than 5,000 new cases were reported on Monday. Through it, the total number of identified patients in the country has exceeded six lakh. In three days, the number of patients identified on Thursday surpassed 6,000.
The government confirmed the first coronavirus death in the country on March 16 of last year, 10 days after the first patient was identified. On March 31 of this year it exceeded nine thousand. Of these, 84 deaths were reported in a single day on June 30, the highest number of deaths in a single day. Although that number has yet to be released, the number of daily deaths has been in the 50 range for three days.
With the increase in the number of patients identified for several days in a row, the detection rate has also increased to 23.28 percent compared to the 24-hour test, which is the highest since August 8.
The number of people infected with coronavirus is increasing by the day, including the overflowing crowd at the book fair on Friday.
The delayed admission test of the medical school took place amid the coronavirus epidemic. Although 1 lakh 22 thousand 84 students applied to participate in this exam, 1 lakh 18 thousand 758 students participated.
The MBBS course admission test began at 10 am on Friday at 55 centers in different parts of the country and continued until 11 pm. Among them, there were 46,000 applicants in 15 centers in the Dhaka metropolis.
In the test carried out in the middle of the epidemic, it was not harmful to visit some centers in the capital to observe hygiene regulations and social distance. Several parents have come with students at different centers.
Coronavirus: record of 630 patients identified in one day
Thousands of parents have gathered in front of some of the centers. The students rushed into the center, pushing and shoving. The same situation was observed when leaving the center at the end of the test.
A crowd of parents outside a center in Rajshahi during a medical admission test on Friday amid a coronavirus epidemic.
When visiting the Begum Badrunnesa Government Women’s College in the capital, it was seen that the parents were standing on the main street after the examination began. Sitting on the crowded road. Many did not even have a face mask.
The crowd grows even more as the test ends. Due to the crowds, the traffic on the main street must stop for some time.
At the Tejgaon College Center, there was a large crowd of parents who came with the examinees. You only see people and people on the other side of Indira Road. There was a similar crowd in front of Dhaka College.
Said the former scientific director of IEDCR. Mushtaq Hossain told bdnews24.com that although hygiene rules were followed during the exam, there was an infection due to the crowd on the way back and forth. However, it was necessary to carry out the test by emergency.
“The exam program must be viewed from a national perspective. My risk of infection must also be considered. Parents who have huddled outside are a conscious part of society, they have not kept themselves apart by following the hygiene rules ”.
“It just came to our knowledge then. But it can reduce the infection, but people will die of malnutrition without eating. There was no problem in testing if hygiene rules were followed.”
However, the Department of Health Education has stated that the hygiene rules have been met in the MBBS exam.
The number of people infected with coronavirus is increasing by the day, including the overflowing crowd at the book fair on Friday.
In the evening, the director of the Department of Health Education, Prof. A press release signed by Ahsan Habib read: “The MBBS admission test for the academic year 2020-2021 was carried out in 55 places throughout the country. In the current situation of the coronavirus epidemic, the hygiene standards set by the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council have been properly followed. “
Sheikh Russell was admitted to the National Gastroliver Hospital and Institute on Friday with a coronavirus infection. Abdul Mannan. The deputy director of the hospital. Golam Kibria said Abdul Mannan is in good physical condition.
Additional General Director of the Department of Health, Professor. Nasima Khatun is also reported to be infected with coronavirus. However, he is receiving treatment from home on the advice of a doctor.
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