Lawmaker of Tangail-7 constituency Akabbar Hossain and his wife have been admitted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka as both of them tested positive for coronavirus.
Mohammad Tahrim Hossain, son of MP Akabbar and also the vice-president of the central unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, said his father and mother Jharna Hossain were taken to CMH on Wednesday night as per the directive of the Prime Minister.
They are now undergoing treatment at the ICU of the hospital, he said.
MP Akabbar, also a freedom fighter and his wife have been suffering from respiratory problem, fever and sore throat.
Later, their samples were sent for test at a private hospital on Tuesday and the results came on Wednesday.
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