(File photo) MANILA - Another police officer has succumbed to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), bringing the Philippine National Police's (PNP) death toll to 123. In a statement Monday, PNP chief, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, said the latest fatality is a pregnant policewoman assigned in Central Luzon who died on Sunday due to acute respiratory syndrome secondary to Covid-19. Based on her medical records, the patient was admitted to a hospital in Baler, Aurora due to difficulty in breathing on October 8. She underwent a swab test which yielded a positive result. On Oct. 10, the policewoman was transferred to a hospital in Nueva Ecija and underwent Emergency Caesarian Operation, delivering a baby boy who died on the same day. On Oct. 17, she was also declared dead by her attending physician. As of Monday, the PNP Health Service also reported only 47 new infections, bringing the number of active cases to 941. Another 58 recoveries raised its tally to 40,428, out of the total of 41,
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia sentenced to seven years in jail in a corruption case, according to news agency ANI. The Bangladeshi Supreme Court had earlier cleared the way for a lower court to deliver its verdict on Monday in the graft case against imprisoned ex-prime minister and main opposition BNP chief Khaleda Zia, rejecting her plea to halt the proceedings.
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Published: 14 May 2021 06:14 PM BdST
Updated: 14 May 2021 06:14 PM BdST
Khaleda Zia’s health has improved while undergoing treatment at the Coronary Care Unit at Dhaka’s Evercare Hospital, says BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. );
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Her condition is “improving, but very slowly”, Fakhrul told the media after placing flowers at the grave of Ziaur Rahman on Eid day on Friday. “She has improved quite a lot recently.”
“But the doctors told me yesterday [Thursday] that ‘still her condition is critical’. But they added that she has improved on many counts and they are hopeful she will recover soon.”