Gonoshasthaya Kendra (GK) is going to set up a 15-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at its hospital in the capital’s Dhanmondi area to treat coronavirus-infected patients at the initiative of its founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury.

A total of 112 among 188 coronavirus-infected patients made recovery  so far in the district while four more people tested positive for the virus on Monday night.    Civil Surgeon Dr Md Mujibur Rahman, said four people were diagnosed  with coronavirus after399 samples were sent to Dhaka for test in the last four days.

Although the number of coronavirus-infected patients is on gradual rise in Bangladesh, people, including those are returning from different virus-hit countries, are not aware about the preventive measures.   There is a tendency among them to breach the home-quarantine rules which could have a serious consequence as the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has already confirmed the local transmission.   In many places, overseas returnees were seen roaming freely instead of following the 14-day compulsory quarantine rule.   IEDCR briefing   Bangladesh on Tuesday confirmed the detection of two more coronavirus patients, taking the total number of cases to 10.   At a regular press briefing, IEDCR Director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora said both new patients were male and one of them was in quarantine.   These are imported cases, she said.   “One of them is from Italy who was quarantined and another is from the US who was hospitalised earlier with coronavirus symptoms," said Prof Flora.   Prof Flora said through contact tracing, family members and those who were around the latter patient will be identified and quarantined.   She said so far 277 people have been tested for coronavirus and 43 are in institutional quarantine and 16 are in isolation.   "Within the last 24 hours, IEDCR hotlines received 4,205 calls. Of these, 4,164 were related to coronavirus," she added.