Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR)
BITID collects samples from 3 patients for corona test
Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases (BITID) on Friday collected blood samples from three patients here for testing whether they are infected with the coronavirus.
Factories making protective gears, having buying orders need not to close
Factories that are producing corona-preventive equipment and that have international buying orders need not to be shut down.
No new dengue case in 24 hrs
No new dengue case was reported in the last 24 hours until 8 am on Friday, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
According to the daily update from DGHS, one dengue patient is being treated at any hospital in the capital.
Since the beginning of this year, 269 dengue cases were reported. Of them, 268 had be
Bangladesh reports another coronavirus death; total stands at 5
Another elderly man has died from the coronavirus in Bangladesh, taking the total death toll from COVID-19 disease in the country to five, said the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).
Coronavirus cases in Bangladesh rise to 27: IEDCR
Three more people have been tested positive in Bangladesh for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 27.
Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora announced this at a press briefing at IEDCR in Mohakhali on Sunday.
"IEDCR tested 65 samples in the last 24 hours ... it tested samples of 564 people so far. The total number of infected people is now 27 as three more people have been diagnosed with the disease. Among them, two are imported cases and another has come in contact with a previously-infected patient," she said.
Among the infected patients, Prof Flora mentioned, two are men and one woman -- all aged between 30 to 40.
Dhaka gets quieter with thin presence of people on streets
The streets of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, a city of 2 crore people, are wearing a deserted look after the closure of educational institutions following the detection of coronavirus cases in the country.
All PSC exams suspended until March 31
All scheduled examinations under the Public Service Commission(PSC) will remain suspended until March 31 due to global coronavirus outbreak, said its chairman Dr Muhammed Sadique on Monday.
Legal action if 14-day quarantine rule violated: Cabinet
The Cabinet on Monday decided that all those arriving from abroad must stay in 14-day quarantine or else face legal action.
417 Bangladeshis returned from Italy in two days
A total of 186 more Bangladeshi nationals returned home from Italy on Sunday, taking the total number of returnees from the worst coronavirus-hit country in Europe to 417 in the last two days.
648 home-quarantined in Chandpur: Official
Although no-one has tested positive for coronavirus, a total of 648 Bangladeshi expatriates who returned home recently from abroad have been kept in home-quarantine in eight upazilas of the district till Friday as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of the virus.
Mohammad Abdullah Al Mahmud Zaman, additional deputy commissioner of Chandpur, said the Bangladeshi nationals returned home from different countries in the last 15-16 days.
All of them have been placed in self-isolation at their respective homes following the detection of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh, he said. “They’ve been advised to stay at their respective homes for 14 days.”
Zaman, however, said no-one of the Bangladeshi expatriates tested positive for coronavirus.
He also informed that leaflets are being distributed among people at bus stands, launch terminals and educational institutions in all eight upazilas of the district to make people aware about Covid-19 disease.
Civil Surgeon of the district Dr Md Sakhawat Ullah told UNB that medical teams are ready in all the upazilas to tackle any situation while local representatives have been creating awareness in their respective areas.
Meanwhile, one of the three coronavirus patients returned home after making full recovery, said Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Prof Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora on Friday.
She came up with the information at a press briefing arranged by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) at Mohakhali in the city.
"Two of the three infected patients have recovered fully. One of them has returned home while another is still at the hospital as some of the patient's family members are quarantined at home," Dr Flora said.
She said no new case of coronavirus has been detected in the country in the last 24 hours.
Besides, the death toll from the coronavirus has crossed 5,000 globally as of Friday evening.