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the hospitals as the same doctors, nurses and other health staffers are treating all types of patients.

But the transmission of the coronavirus does not take place in hospitals or clinics.

“You know where it happens -- out in the streets, in shops, in ferries, in factories, in villages markets by those who are not wearing masks and not maintaining the social distance.”

Maleque went on to call for people’s cooperation in flattening the curve of coronavirus.

BSMMU FILED HOSPITAL

About the newly inaugurated field hospital, Maleque said: “This hospital has all the necessary treatment arrangements for Covid-19 patients. However, only new and critically ill patients will be treated here.”

Those whose oxygen saturation level will be 80 or below will be treated at the facility, said Debabrata Banik, coordinator of the hospital.

“If other patients come, we will also provide them with primary care, but will send them back to their homes after that,” he told The Daily Star.

At present, the facility has 357 beds, which will be increased to 1,000 in phases, according to the BSMMU officials.

Of the 357 beds, there are 20 ICU and 20 HDU beds; the general beds have a central oxygen supply.