Rajshahi is now center point of concern!
The situation in Rajshahi is worse now than in Chapainawabganj. Earlier this month, in the death list Chapainawabganj had been top at Rajshahi Medical College (RMC) Hospital. But in the last few days, the picture has changed completely. Now most patients are dying in Rajshahi. Rajshahi has more patients in the admission list every day.
RMC was one of four people was from Chapainawabganj who died of corona and symptoms in the last 24 hours at the hospital. The other three are from Rajshahi. On Saturday (June 12) morning, 122 patients from Rajshahi, 120 from Chapainawabganj, 14 from Natore, 24 from Naogaon, five from Pabna and one from Kushtia were admitted to the hospital. In 24 hours, 14 patients were admitted from Rajshahi, eight from Chapainawabganj, two from Natore and one from Pabna.
Earlier, 15 people were killed in corona ward from last Thursday to Friday morning. Of these, eight were from Rajshahi, six from Chapainawabganj and one from Natore. Among them, four from Rajshahi, two from Chapainawabganj and one from Natore were positive.
Earlier, 12 people died at the hospital from Wednesday to Thursday morning. Seven of them were corona positive. Another five died of symptoms. Of the seven corona-positive deaths, five were in Rajshahi. And the home of the two is Chapainawabganj.
If you look at the picture of hospital admission, it can be seen that there are more patients from Rajshahi. In the last 24 hours, 345 patients have been identified in eight districts of the division. The highest 195 people have been identified in Rajshahi. 32 people have been identified in Chapainawabganj. Apart from this, 59 people have been identified in Naogaon, one in Natore, 10 in Joypurhat, 26 in Bogra, 15 in Sirajganj and six in Pabna. The previous day was most identified from Rajshahi.
Referring to the 'concern', public health expert Dr. Chinmoy Kanti said that not only death, but also the rate of infected in Rajshahi is quite frightening. In Rapid Antigen, RTPCR, Gene Expert tests, the incidence rate in Rajshahi is 20 percent. But in the RTPCR test alone, the infection rate is 39 percent and in the Gene Expert test it is 56 percent. Dr. Chinmoy Kanti also mentioned that the trend of the pandemic from the scientific point of view is quite bad.
According to the Civil Surgeon's Office, Rajshahi district now accounts for 77 percent of all infections in the city. In this context, public health expert Chinmoy Kanti said that the rate of corona infection is also higher in the areas where there is more crowds. And this picture proves that social transmission is going on in Rajshahi City Corporation area. According to health science, the real picture is more frightening.
Meanwhile, in the city of Rajshahi, even when the statistics of corona were spreading, there was not much need for the common man to follow the hygiene rules in the city. Roads, shopping malls or food hotels - hygiene has been neglected everywhere. There is no social distance in the mango market.
However, the situation in Chapainawabganj was worrying, the people's warning was good, said the spokesman of the Health Directorate, Dr. Nazmul Islam. At the end of his recent visit to the region, he told the media that there was sincerity in complying with the restrictions in Chapainawabganj. However, in Rajshahi, this trend has seen a little less, said Dr. Nazmul Islam.
Strict lockdown has started in the city from 5 pm on Friday to midnight of June 17.
Rajshahi Civil Surgeon Dr. Qayyum Talukder said the outbreak of corona seems to have been a social transmission. He said the Directorate of Health in the border areas has got 80 per cent presence of Indian Delta variants, so it can be assumed that there is a Delta presence in Rajshahi as well. Now the benefits of lockdown can be found.