Coronavirus is not causing that many deaths in Bangladesh,” he said at an event in Dhaka on Wednesday. According to official tally, the virus has infected around 18,000 people and caused 269 deaths in Bangladesh. The rate of fatality from the disease in Bangladesh is 1.5 percent, far less than those of the most affected countries. The health minister and the ministry have also been criticised over their coronavirus response. “We’ve seen that around 80 percent coronavirus patients recover without any help.

Source: bd News24 May 13, 2020 21:56 UTC