A Bangladeshi man who fled Jashore hospital after testing positive for the Indian variant of Coronavirus last week was detained from Chandpur on Wednesday. Younus Gazi, 28, a resident of Cahrrampur village, was held from the district’s Bipinbag area in a drive conducted by a team of Faridganj police led by Officer-in-Charge Md Shahid Hossain. Also read: Covid-19: Three more cases of Indian variant reported in Bangladesh Three of Gazi’s family members, including his mother, were admitted to the Isolation Ward of Faridganj Upazila Health Complex under police surveillance, Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer Dr Ashraf Ahmed Chowdhury said Thursday. “Samples were collected from them today for testing,” he said. Also read: Indian Variant: The New Concern Ten coronavirus patients fled from the Jashore District Government Hospital on April 24 and 25. Six of them, including Gazi, had returned from India. Police caught all 10 patients on April 26 and brought them back to the hospital. Also read: Indian variant couldn't spread much: Health Minister Gazi managed to flee from there on May 13 while he tested positive for the Indian variant of the virus.

A pregnant woman diagnosed with coronavirus on Saturday fled from the Chougachha Health Complex.   The 28-year-old is a resident of Banurhuda village in the upazila.   Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer Dr Lutfurnnahar said the woman got admitted to the health complex with cough, fever, and sore throat on Thursday.   They took the samples of three people, including the woman, and sent to Genome Centre of Jashore University of Science and Technology for coronavirus test. Of them, the woman was found infected.   Following the test result, the local administration put the entire upazila under lockdown, the official added.   On Wednesday, two people tested positive for coronavirus in the upazila.