Covid-19: Three coronavirus patients die in Bangladesh hospital fire

Dhaka - The patients, who were using ventilators in the hospital’s intensive-care unit, died after the fire triggered an evacuation.

Three coronavirus patients died in a hospital fire in the Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, on Wednesday, officials said.

The patients, who were using ventilators in the hospital’s intensive-care unit, died after the fire triggered an evacuation, said Nazmul Haque, director of the hospital.

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It was not immediately clear what caused the blaze, a fire service official said.