This elderly man has been suffering from fever, cold and breathing problems for over a week. Yesterday, he tried to get admitted to at least three hospitals, but all of them turned him away, suspecting him to be a Covid-19 patient. At one point, he felt severely ill and sat in chair on a pavement on Old Dhaka’s Johnson Road. His son was seen comforting him when a medical representative in a PPE suit, who was passing the area, fanned him. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Holding onto her crutch so that it does not get stolen, Nazma Begum, an elderly woman who lives on the street, falls asleep on a pavement in CRB area of Chattogram city around noon yesterday. She was waiting for relief materials in the area. Thousands like her in the port city have been facing an acute crisis of food amid the coronavirus outbreak. Photo:
Rajib Raihan
‘No one helped them to save him’: Staring at her 11-month-old son lying dead on a gurney, Bristy wails at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital as her sister tries to comfort her in vain yesterday. Siam died after showing flu-like symptoms for the previous three days. His father Selim said they took him to a hospital in Dhaka’s Matuail on Sunday night after the child developed breathing problems in the evening. Turned away by doctors there, the family, which lives in Narayanganj, brought him to the DMCH burn unit, which has recently been converted into a Covid-19 treatment facility, around 1:00am yesterday. He died around 6:00am, without receiving any treatment, claimed his family. The body lied on this gurney till 2:00pm when this photographer visited the place. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Two men riding cycles near the capital’s Dhanmondi Road-32 yesterday on their way to deliver products to customers. They said the demand of their service has increased since shopping malls remained closed amid the shutdown. Photo: Prabir Das
