Coronavirus Spread: Three Bangladeshis test positive
Dhaka/IBNS: Three Bangladeshi people have tested positive for Coronavirus in the south Asian nation, media reports said on Sunday.
The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has confirmed the development.
IEDCR Director Meerjady Sabrina Flora made the disclosure during a press briefing to the media.
She said two of them returned from Italy recently.
The affected people are aged between 20 and 35, reported Dhaka Tribune.
“Both of them are from separate families. After they went back to their homes, they called our hotlines to get tested. Later, they tested positive," FLora told Dhaka Tribune.
“After that, we started testing people who came into contact with the two returnees and that is how we found the third affected coronavirus patient. Three others who were in their contact are in quarantine at the moment,” Meerjady told the newspaper.
The IEDCR director further said: “The three affected are under treatment at a hospital now and, for security reasons, we are not disclosing their identities and addresses now.”
Flora said there is no need to panic right now.
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