Bangladesh defence secretary Abdullah Al Mohsin Chowdhury dies of coronavirus

Bangladesh defence secretary Abdullah Al Mohsin Chowdhury, 58, died of coronavirus on Monday at a Dhaka hospital.

Chowdhury who was suffering from the virus was admitted in a military hospital and was put under ventilator support.

He was admitted in the intensive care unit recently after his condition deteriorated. Reports said Chowdhury died of cardiac arrest.

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Chowdhury was appointed defence secretary in January this year.

Bangladesh has reported 137,787 coronavirus cases so far with 1,738 deaths.