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4 new coronavirus cases detected
Test facilities to be extended to all divisions except Barishal: DGHS
This illustration shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). This virus was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China. Photo: AP
This illustration shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). This virus was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China. Photo: AP
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Four new persons were diagnosed with coronavirus in Bangladesh.
Of them, three were diagnosed with Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, director general of the Directorate General of Health Services said in the morning.
Another case of coronavirus was detected in Chuadanga, ASM Maruf Hasan, civil surgeon of the district, said this afternoon.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country is now 18.
DG of DGHS, addressing a press briefing, said a 22-year-old woman, a 32-year-old man and a 65-year-old man are the new patients.
They are all members of the family of one Italy-returnee, he added.
Among the trio, the woman showed only minor symptoms. She is under local quarantine, the director general said.
The other two have been hospitalised.
The person diagnosed with coronavirus in Chuadanga had returned from Italy on March 12, civil surgeon of Chuadanga said at a press conference this afternoon.
The patient has been kept in quarantine, he said.
Virus transmission has not yet reached the level of community-transmission, the DG of DGHS said.
The total number of tests conducted by Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) so far is 366. In the last 24 hours, 25 tests were done.
The DG also said that test facilities will be extended to all divisions in the country except Barishal.
A total of 500 new personal protective equipment (PPE) were supplied to Dhaka Medical College Hospital and 1,000 were supplied to Chattogram Medical College Hospital.
The collection of one lakh test kits and five lakh PPE is under process.
Bangladesh confirms three new cases of coronavirus
- Staff Correspondent, bdnews24.com
Published: 2020-03-19 13:18:31 BdST
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Bangladesh has confirmed three new cases of coronavirus, all from the same family, taking the total to 17.
The victims, including two men and a woman, came into contact with a Bangladeshi returnee from Italy. Two of them are suffering from fever while another is showing symptoms of mild fever.
The victims have been hospitalised.
Prof Abul Kalam Azad, director general of Directorate General of Health Services, shared the information in a briefing on Thursday.
The infected woman is aged 22 and the men are aged 65 and 32.
"These are all cases of local transmission and the patients belong to the same family. They came into contact with an Italy returnee in the family who was already infected.”
The woman has mild symptoms, said the director general. The other two patients have fever and receiving treatment in the hospital, Azad said adding the patients have no other ailments.
There are 19 people kept in isolation at present, while 43 people in quarantine, he said.
The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research reported the first coronavirus death in the country on Wednesday.
A septuagenarian got infected with the coronavirus after coming into contact with a person who returned from the overseas. The patient already suffered from chronic pulmonary disease, diabetes, hypertension and kidney ailments. He went through a stenting procedure too.
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