New Delhi (NVI): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged all the concerned to produce and preserve foodgrains in Bangladesh mentioning that the world might face famine in the coming days as coronavirus will create a shortage of food.
The total number of deaths from the deadly coronavirus continues to rise in Bangladesh as 10 more people have died in the last 24 hours, taking the total casualties in the country to 101, according to United News of Bangladesh.
Besides, a record number of 492 people tested positive for coronavirus during the period, raising the number of such cases in the country to 2,948.
Meanwhile, Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Nasima Sultana said, “We’re in a great crisis”.
“The infection rate in Gazipur has gone up and also in Kishoreganj. 19.5 per cent of the newly-infected people are from Gazipur, while 13 per cent from Kishoreganj,” Nasima added.
