Staff Reporter
Hundreds of people - mostly children- are arriving at hospitals across the country daily. As last week, diarrhoeal diseases have been reported in more than 50 of the country’s 64 districts, with over 20,000 people affected over the past 10 days, said hospital sources.
According to the Ministry of Health, about 10,000 new patients were admitted to the Government hospitals in 50 districts on May 8. Some 1,000 patients were admitted to the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B) last couple of days.

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