Dhaka July 13, 2025, 2:46 pm
A notice issued on Thursday said that the decision was made considering the safety of the hospital staff, teachers and students
The quarantine period for ships has been extended by two days
A WHO delegation led by the country representative Dr Bardan Jung Rana came up with the suggestion while meeting Dhaka South Mayor Sayeed Khokon at his Banani residence
China billionaire businessman Jack Ma has announced to donate coronavirus testing kits and emergency supplies to Bangladesh
Wasfia flew to Los Angeles, USA, on March 12 and started showing symptoms the next day. As her condition deteriorated, she tried to get medical assistance but was unable to get through before March 17
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has already announced Bangladesh as one of the most vulnerable nations in terms of spreading the deadly virus among people
Locals think the people in home quarantine are not adhering to the health instructions and quarantine rules because of lax monitoring by the authorities concerned
The decision of the ‘lockdown’ came a few hours after health minister Zahid Maleque said the government might impose a lockdown on the area including Madaripur district
Evidence from previous outbreaks also shows that those exposed to polluted air are more at risk
Hospital authorities repeatedly told interns that they would provide PPEs within a day or two, but they failed to do so in the last two weeks
Experts slam ‘failure to act timely’
The ministry is also considering imposing a ban on public transportation
The IEDCR director said the hotline numbers remain busy as only 17 people were appointed to provide information about coronavirus through the hotline services
Four new cases of coronavirus were found today
Gonoshasthaya hopes to supply the kit at Tk200 to vendors or labs
Eight of the 11 countries under WHO South-East Asia Region have confirmed cases of Covid-19
With them, so far 10 Bangladeshis have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, which believed to be started spreading from China
It was not clear if the infected staff were working in the coronavirus response
In the face of the COVID-19 epidemic, the National Health Commission of China has included CT features of COVID-19 as the clinical diagnosis standard for COVID-19 in Hubei Province in its official diagnosis and treatment solu
