Coronavirus situation in Bangladesh
Two hospitals locked down in Sherpur; OC tests positive
The local administration has put two hospitals in Sadar and Nakla upazilas under lockdown after two physicians and an ambulance driver tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday.
3 doctors among 27 more test corona positive in Narsingdi: Official
Twenty-seven more people, including three physicians, tested positive for coronavirus in Narsingdi district in the last 24 hours till Friday.
16 journalists tested Covid-19 positive so far, says DUJ
Leaders of Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) on Friday expressed deep concerns as 16 journalists, including nine in Dhaka alone, were infected with coronavirus.
Jute Minister funds isolation centre, COVID-19 testing lab in Rupganj
Textiles and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi has been providing funds for setting up a laboratory for coronavirus testing and an isolation centre at Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj.
Coronavirus: Four test positive in Jhalakathi
Four people tested positive for coronavirus in the district on Friday.
Coronavirus: Two die at isolation ward of KMCH with breathing complications
Two people including a child died with breathing complications at the isolation ward of Khulna Medical College Hospital(KMCH) on Friday.
Coronavirus: Two more test positive for coronavirus in Cumilla
Two more people tested positive for coronavirus in the district on Thursday.
Man, 52, dies with breathing complications in Bagerhat
A 52-year-old man died with breathing complications at the isolation unit of Bagerhat Sadar Hospital on Thursday afternoon.
Brick kiln worker dies of coronavirus in Mymensingh
A labourer of a brick kiln died of coronavirus while undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit (ICU) of SK Hospital in the town on Thursday afternoon.
Bangladesh put under virtual lockdown to tackle coronavirus
The government has taken a page out of China’s book and announced heavy restrictions on the movement of people but fell short of calling it a ‘lockdown’ to prevent further transmission of coronavirus, hours after recording the highest number of cases and fatalities in a day on Thursday.
“The whole of Bangladesh is declared as ‘vulnerable-to-infection’ zone under the Infectious Diseases (Prevention, Control and Elimination) Act 2018,” the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in a circular in the evening.
It urged the people of infected areas to strictly follow its directives about maintaining social distancing and staying indoors.