Health authorities have detected the cases of Indian variant of coronavirus in seven workers of Ashrayan Project in Nawabganj upazila, Keraniganj. Upazila health officer Dr Mohammad Shahidul Islam said on Saturday night that 10 workers who came from Chapainawabganj district were tested for coronavirus and seven of them detected with the Indian variant. Read: IEDCR study of 50 samples finds 40 are Delta On May 18, the 10 workers came to join Matabpur Ashrayan Project at Nawabganj Keilile union. They all came in a truck along 63 other fellowmen. As some of them had been suffering from cough, cold and fever, the authorities asked them on May 23 to provide their samples for Covid-19 tests but they refused to do so. On May 25, a separate medical team was formed and it collected samples from some of the workers. After laboratory tests, the results of 10 workers came out Covid positive. Apprehending the existence of Indian variant, the medical team sent the samples of the Covid-19 patients to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), Dhaka where doctors detected seven, out of the 10, infected with Indian variant on June 3. Read: 8 Indian variant cases identified in Jashore Now all the infected patients are undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH), Dhaka. “It’s a dangerous sign and all of them have been asked to follow the government's health safety protocols,” said Dr Shahidul. The highly contagious Indian variant of the coronavirus was detected in Bangladesh for the first time on May 8. Read: Covid patient infected with Indian variant held in Chandpur Experts fear that Bangladesh may face the worst outbreak of the deadly virus by the end of June. Bangladesh closed its border with India for any kind of movement except that of cargo on April 26 which was later extended till June 14 to control the spread of Coronavirus as the situation in the neighbouring country deteriorated.  

A four-member team of Chinese experts having experience in epidemic prevention and control will work closely with Bangladesh to help overcome the challenges of coronavirus. 

The deaths from the deadly coronavirus continue to rise in Bangladesh as nine more people died in the last 24 hours till Saturday, taking the total casualties in the country to 84.

A nurse and her daughter tested  positive for coronavirus in Gojaria upazila of the district, raising the total coronavirus cases in the upazila  to eight.

Bangladesh reported 219 new coronavirus cases and four more deaths on Wednesday, taking the number of fatalities in the country to 50.

A Tabligh Jamaat member was diagnosed with coronavirus at Nababganj upazila of Dhaka on Tuesday.

Dr Shahnewaz Chowdhury, former president of Narayanganj chapter of Bangladesh Medical Association, along with his wife, daughter and son-in-law tested positive for coronavirus.

The port city of Narayanganj was virtually deserted as the local administration put the entire district under ‘lockdown’ from Wednesday morning in an effort to curb coronavirus.

Dr. Shafi Bhuiyan, an internationally-recognised leader in global public health and education initiative, has suggested people to listen to health professionals only as confusing messages from unlimited sources are flooding the public domain amid global coronavirus pandemic.

A physician of Kishoreganj upazila in Nilphamari was found coronavirus positive in IEDCR test on Tuesday.