Senior information officer, also the public relations officer of the ministry, Sufi Abdullahil Maruf confirmed UNB about his infection.
“I was having symptoms since Friday, when Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, his wife and personal secretary were tested positive,” he said, adding that he was undergoing treatment at home.
Earlier on Friday, Liberation War Affairs Minister, his wife Layla Arjumandu Banu and personal secretary Habibur Rahman were diagnosed with Covid-19.
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Minister and his wife are undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka while personal secretary Habibur Rahman is being treated at home.
Bangladesh has so far reported 90,619 coronavirus cases and 1,209 deaths.
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