Four more infected with coronavirus in Shariatpur

The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) confirmed the cases to be part of their nationwide tally of confirmed cases, according to Shariatpur civil surgeon Dr SM Abdullah Al Murad.

The four new infected in the district are among 182 people who have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the civil surgeon also said, adding that of the four, three of a family came from Narayanganj and one from Dhaka recently to Shariatpur.

Of them, three – a 50-year-old man, his 40-year-old wife and 22-year-old daughter -- are residents of Tumchar village of Chitalia union under Shariatpur Sadar upazila, while the other is a 42-year-old man who hailed from Boro Mulna Talukdar Kandi village of Jajira municipality under Jajira upazila in the district.

Shariatpur Sadar upazila health and family planning officer Dr Abdus Sobhan said, "We sent samples of four people of a family, who returned home from Narayanganj recently, to the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) yesterday for testing and of them, three were positive."

The other case was referred to Dhaka following his test results.

"The man came back to the village from Dhaka's Azimpur recently and was tested positive by icddr,b," said Dr Mahmudul Hasan, Jajira upazila health and family planning officer.

"The man has been complaining of breathing problems. So he was referred to Kurmitola General Hospital in Dhaka today," he added.

Meanwhile, local administration declared some 82 families of two villages in Shariatpur Sadar and Jajira upazilas locked down in connection with the confirmed cases.

Contacted, Md Mahabur Rahman Sheikh, upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Shariatpur Sadar, said, "We put two houses of Tumchar village in Shariatpur Sadar upazila under the lockdown where the three infected people live in."

"Some 80 families of the village of the other infected man have been kept under lockdown in Jajira," Md Zahidul Islam, UNO of Jajira, said.

Earlier, a 90-year-old man who hailed from Kolargaon village of Dingamanik union under Naria upazila in the district, died of coronavirus on April 4.