Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Nipah virus infection has been found in 28 districts of the country, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

It (DGHS) has asked the authorities of DNCC Dedicated Covid-19 Hospital to keep a 10-bed isolation ward and 10 more ICU beds ready for Nipah virus patients.

The director of hospital and clinics of the DGHS came up with the directive in a notice, signed by Dr Sheikh Daud Adnan.

At least five people, including two children and a woman, died and a total of eight persons infected with the Nipah virus in Bangladesh this year.

According to the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), two cases were reported in Naogaon district and one case was reported in Rajbari distric...