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The Statesman Desk

Hunger Pandemic

Indeed, fears have been expressed that the repercussions of Covid-19 could be deadlier than the virus itself. While coronavirus has left families in even the richest countries in hunger, it could mean starvation for the poorest, as in parts of Odisha as reports in this newspaper affirm.

Man dies in A’duar Covid hospital

“We collected the throat swab of the patient before he died. We have sent the samples for tests, but the report is awaited. We cannot say whether the patient had been suffering from Covid-19 until we have the test reports,” said the Deputy chief medical officer of health-2 in Alipurduar, Dr Subarna Goswami.

2 more dead in Bengal including sr govt doctor

The 60 year-old doctor, the first medical professional to die of the disease in Bengal, was undergoing treatment at the critical care unit of a private hospital at Salt Lake for the past couple of weeks with severe breathing trouble, cough and cold and other co-morbidities such as diabetes and cardiac ailments. No further coronavirus patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours.