The work began on Friday at a building in Kanchan Besway City in the upazila, said a press release from the ministry.
Gazi said the laboratory is not for the people of Rupganj only, but for everyone in Narayanganj.
Coronavirus testing reports will be provided from here within three to four hours, he said adding that if possible, people of other districts can be tested here.
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He said a hotline has been launched for collecting samples. If anyone calls the number, officials will go to the person’s home for collecting samples.
Meanwhile, a microbiologist, a doctor, and a nurse are ready while three ambulances have been equipped to carry coronavirus patients.
Narayanganj is one of the most coronavirus infected districts in the country.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Thursday evening declared the entire country as ‘vulnerable zone’ to virus infection.
Bangladesh has so far reported 75 deaths and 1,838 coronavirus cases.
The global death toll from coronavirus reached 146,969 as of Friday.
There have been 2,185,744 confirmed cases around the world after the highly infectious disease was first reported in China in December last year, according to worldometer.
Of those infected, 1,485,452 are currently being treated with 56,601 being in serious or critical condition. So far, 553,323 people had been recovered from the deadly virus.
The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11.