Three coronavirus patients die in Bangladesh hospital fire

Damaged medical equipment and beds are seen at the Covid-19 coronavirus Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Dhaka medical college after a fire broke out, in Dhaka. AFP

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. It was not immediately clear what caused the blaze, a fire service official said. Hospitals are struggling to deal with a fresh spike in coronavirus infections this month in Bangladesh, which has reported 559,168 cases and 8,571 deaths.