DHAKA, May 28 — Five people were killed in a top Bangladesh hospital yesterday after a fire swept through a makeshift coronavirus isolation unit, officials said. The blaze occurred in Dhaka's posh Gulshan neighbourhood and comes as the country faces a rising number of coronavirus cases. Fire...
A makeshift isolation unit for Covid-19 patients in the United Hospital is pictured after a fire broke out and killed several patients, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, May 27, 2020. — Reuters pic
Fire service official Kamrul Hasan told AFP the fire began when an air conditioner exploded in a shed belonging to United Hospital. “Three of those who have died are Covid-19 patients and the rest two were Covid-19 negatives,” he said.
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