Coronavirus: Infection rate has soared in Khulna in Bangladesh.
Khulna, Bangladesh:
Empty oxygen cylinders are piling up almost as fast as bodies in the city of Khulna, which has become Bangladesh s coronavirus hotspot in a dire new surge.
The government has ordered a strict week-long nationwide lockdown in a bid to halt the spread of Covid-19, but Khulna s hospitals cannot cope.
Neither can relatives of the dead.
Mohammad Siddik leaned against empty cylinders under a hospital emergency porch, tearfully telling relatives in phone calls that his 50-year-old brother had died.
The 42-year-old businessman brought his brother to hospital as his condition deteriorated. But there was no bed and no oxygen, he told AFP.
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Bangladesh has ordered a strict week-long nationwide lockdown in a bid to halt the spread of COVID-19, but Khulna s hospitals cannot cope. (Photo: AFP/Kazi SANTO)
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KHULNA, Bangladesh: Empty oxygen cylinders are piling up almost as fast as bodies in the city of Khulna, which has become Bangladesh s coronavirus hotspot in a dire new surge.
The government has ordered a strict week-long nationwide lockdown in a bid to halt the spread of COVID-19, but Khulna s hospitals cannot cope.
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The government has ordered a strict week-long nationwide lockdown in a bid to halt the spread of Covid-19, but Khulna s hospitals cannot cope
There have been reports of empty oxygen cylinders piling up in the city of Khulna, which has now become Bangladesh s coronavirus hotspot amid a surge.
The government has ordered a strict week-long nationwide lockdown in a bid to halt the spread of Covid-19, but Khulna s hospitals cannot cope.
On Thursday, Khulna city recorded 46 virus deaths, while in earlier waves the daily death toll never went into double figures.
Most people say the real toll is much higher. Also, as per the reports, graveyards cannot cope with the number of dead in nearby cities such as Satkhira.
Il est mort en suffoquant dans un couloir de l hôpital, à aucun moment ils ne lui ont apporté de l oxygène , décrit M. Saddik.
Proche de l Etat indien du Bengale Occidental, Khulna affronté une hausse soudaine des contagions, provoqué par le variant Delta, détecté en premier lieu en Inde voisine.
Jeudi, la ville a enregistré 46 décès, selon le décompte officiel, alors qu elle n avait jamais été confronté à plus d une dizaine de décès lors des vagues précédentes.
Dans cette ville de 680.000 habitants, nombreux sont ceux qui estiment qu en réalité le bilan est bien plus lourd, les cimetières étant incapables de gérer l afflux soudain de décès dans les villes voisines, telles que Satkhira.