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COVID-19: 2 isolation, treatment centres opened in Cox's Bazar
The first two Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Isolation and Treatment Centres (SARI ITCs) for Rohingyas and and Bangladeshi communities in Cox’s Bazar have been inaugurated.
Coronavirus: 2 die, 6 news patients detected in five districts
Two people, including a minor boy, died from coronavirus in Sylhet and Rajshahi while six more people were diagnosed with coronavirus in Magura, Joypurhat, and Chattogram districts in the last 24 hours.
Older states grapple with fear, isolation and medical care
This isn't the way Betsy Steen and her husband wanted to spend their golden years: Hunkered down at home, living with fear and isolation.
47 Independent TV staff complete quarantine
Forty-seven employees of Independent TV, who had been in isolation, completed the quarantine period and are now ready to get back to work.
They were sent to home-quarantine on April 3 after one of their colleagues tested positive for coronavirus.
Besides, the journalist who was diagnosed with COVID-19 is also doing well.
"Very happy to inform you that all the 47 colleagues of Independent TV, who had been in isolation, completed the quarantined period on April 9, 2020. They are all in sound health and are not showing any symptom of COVID-19,” its CEO and Editor-in-Chief M Shamsur Rahman said in a message.
As per IEDCR, the staff can resume office.
“But to be on the safer side, we have decided to wait for another couple of days before asking them to rejoin office,” he said.
Meanwhile, he said their colleague, who is infected with coronavirus, is still in institutional quarantine.
“He does not have fever anymore or sore throat. He only has a mild dry cough. We are all praying for his speedy recovery.”
DMCH's burn unit to be used for corona patients : Principal
Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) has decided to use its burn and plastic surgery unit for isolating Covid-19 suspects as well as lab for coronavirus test.