Cop, rickshaw puller die after showing symptoms

A rickshaw-puller and policeman died in Shariatpur and Barishal with Covid-19 like symptoms since Monday night.

In Barishal, the policeman, who was a resident of Bakerganj upazila, was serving duties as sub-inspector of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).

He had been suffering from a cough and fever for a couple of days and was admitted to the Corona Isolation Unit (CIU) of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) on Sunday. After his physical condition kept deteriorating, he died around 8:00pm on Monday. His sample was collected for a coronavirus test, said Dr Bakir Hossain, director of SBMCH.

In Shariatpur, a 50-year-old rickshaw puller died after suffering from coronavirus-like symptoms at the isolation ward of Naria Upazila Health Complex yesterday morning.

The man, from Kedarpur union, was admitted to the isolation ward of the hospital with a fever, cold, sore throat, and breathing problems on Monday evening. He died around 7:30am yesterday, said Dr Md Safikul Islam, Naria upazila health and family planning officer.

"We collected samples from the deceased's body and his family members for coronavirus tests," he added.

(Our Barisal correspondent contributed to the story.)