Dhaka: Five years after the Covid-19 pandemic, another new virus has spread in China. The virus is called Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV).

The Indian media NDTV broadcast this information in a report.

NDTV reported that various posts in local media and social media in China are saying that this new virus is spreading rapidly. Doctors in hospitals are struggling due to the pressure of patients. Some have also claimed that the pressure is increasing in crematoriums.

Users on social media said that multiple viruses, including influenza A, HMPV, Mycoplasma pneumonia and Covid-19, are spreading in China.

Many also claim that China has declared a state of emergency in this situation though this has not been confirmed.

The symptoms of the HMPV virus are similar to the flu. It can also cause symptoms similar to Covid-19. Health officials are closely monitoring the situation as the virus spreads.

A handle called X SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) on social media said that China is facing multiple viruses including influenza A, HMPV, Mycoplasma pneumoniae and COVID-19. Hospitals are under increasing pressure from children with pneumonia and white lungs.

Meanwhile, a Reuters report said that China's disease control authorities said on Friday that they were conducting a small-scale surveillance system to monitor the increase in pneumonia patients.

State broadcaster CCTV quoted an administration official as saying that the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration was working on the virus. Research on how to prevent it is underway.

Meanwhile, according to an official statement released on Thursday, the number of cases of the virus peaked between December 16 and 22. The number of patients suffering from severe respiratory problems is high.

A respiratory specialist at a Shanghai hospital told state-run newspaper National Business Daily that a vaccine has not yet been discovered. The initial symptoms of the virus are colds. He warned the public not to take antivirals without advice against it right now.

Chattagram: Martyrs are martyrs, there will be no debate about them, Housing and Public Works Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan said.

He told reporters after inaugurating the Panchlaish July Memorial Garden on Friday (January 3).

The adviser said, it is our responsibility to honor the martyrs. The mayors will do the work of making the Chattagram Central Shaheed Minar visible. An underpass is also needed.

He said, we remember those who gave their lives fighting against injustice and fascism for 15 and half years.

He said that fascism can never return to Bangladesh, so that future generations can remember them and remember their sacrifice when they come to this garden or pass over the flyover. That is why the flyover and the garden were inaugurated.

He also said, the garden space is open to everyone, not for the use of any group. We are working to maintain cleanliness and law and order. InshaAllah, it will be implemented with the cooperation of everyone. The big issue is the water logging of Chattogram. It is in our eyes. Efforts are being made to free people from water logging. The Mayor, CDA, and DC are working together.

CCC Mayor Dr. Shahadat Hossain said, Panchlaish is a traditional park, we once knew it as the United Nations Park. I spent my childhood here. It has been aesthetically decorated. I think CCC, CDO, district administration; we have to take responsibility for it. We did not have coordination once. Now we are working together. We want to decorate Chattagram together. We want to do everything for the people. We want to make Patenga an international tourist center. It will take time. We hope that if we can work through the coordination we have, we can make Chattagram a clean and green city.

Deputy Commissioner Farida Khanam said, "The government is working to convey the spirit with which the nine brave martyrs of Chattagram laid down their lives in this July uprising and wrote a new democratic history to the next generation." This effort will continue. We will rescue the parks that are under the control of illegal occupants. We have already saved 194 acres of DC Park from drug dens. Patenga had lost its charm in the middle. A coordinated effort is underway under the initiative of CDA, City Corporation, and District Administration to restore that charm. Earlier, the Adviser inaugurated the toll collection activities of Shaheed Wasim Akram Elevated Expressway in Patenga.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, we political parties are engaged in conflict with each other. We talk about democracy but do not practice democracy. It will not work if you think negatively.

He said this as the chief guest at the golden jubilee program of the Economics Department of Dinajpur Government College on Friday (January 3) morning.

He said, we have to practice democracy through tolerance and move forward. Only then can democracy be established. Democratic institutions have not been developed in Bangladesh, but rather democracy has been killed here day after day. Democratic institutions have not been allowed to be established.

Regretfully, Mirza Fakhrul said, what a sad time has passed, we could not vote. In 15 years, generation after generation does not know what voting is. They could not vote. Fascism seized power for 3 consecutive terms, created fear in the country, tortured and oppressed the people. They looted the country's resources. In the last 15 years, the fascists have laundered 280 billion dollars.

Presided over by the acting head of the Department of Economics, Professor Zaheda Parvin, former principals Professor Golam Rabbani, Professor Abdul Jabbar, Professor Md. Idris Mia spoke. Former colleagues and former students were present at the event.

It is worth noting that BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakrul Islam Alamgir taught in the Department of Economics at Dinajpur Government College from 1972 to 1978. Along with teaching, he served with great sports and cultural acclaim.

The temperature in Panchagarh, the northernmost border district of the country, has suddenly dropped to 8 degrees. As a result, public life has been disrupted by the bitter cold. However, the hardest hit in this winter are the hard-working people.

On Friday (January 3), at 6 am, the lowest temperature was recorded at the Tentulia Weather Observatory in the district at 8.5 degrees Celsius. Earlier, the lowest temperature of the season was recorded in this district on December 13 at 8.4 degrees Celsius.

On the ground, it can be seen that a cold wind blows from the north over this district every afternoon until the next morning. Along with the cold wind, a bone-chilling cold is felt along with light fog. Due to this, the common people, including daily wage laborers, agricultural, stone and tea workers who go out to work in the morning, are in extreme danger. In addition, due to the change in weather, the number of cold-related patients is also increasing in the four Upazila Health Complexes of the district, including the Panchagarh Modern Sadar Hospital.

In this regard, Nazrul Islam, a van driver in the district town, said, "Due to the cold, the van cannot be driven. Our income has decreased. We are having a hard time living due to the lack of winter clothes."

Maleka Banu, a stone worker from the Banglabandha land port area of the district, said the same thing, "Due to the cold, we are unable to work. My life is suffering. We do not receive any assistance from the government or the private sector. If we could get a little cold during this cold, it would have been a great help to us."

Jitendra Nath Roy, the officer-in-charge of the Tentulia Meteorological Observatory, said, "Today, Friday, at 6 am, the minimum temperature recorded at the Tentulia Meteorological Office was 8.5 degrees Celsius." Earlier, the minimum temperature recorded in the district on December 13 was 8.4 degrees Celsius. There is a possibility of further increase in cold weather next week.