New Delhi (NVI): The total number of positive cases in Bangladesh have reached 49, after one more coronavirus case was reported today, according to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).
So far, the virus has claimed 5 lives in the country, according to United News of Bangladesh.
Health Minister Zahid Maleque, while addressing a media briefing, said that 17 more labs will be set up for testing coronavirus infection.
Meanwhile, the prices of daily essentials fell significantly in Dhaka’s kitchen markets as hundreds of thousands of people left the capital during the government announced holiday to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
In the last 24 hours, 36 people have been released from institutional quarantine, 32 are still in quarantine and 62 are under isolation.
The camps in Cox’s Bazar, that hosts more than 1.1 million Rohinga Muslim refugees, are vulnerable to a high risk of coronavirus outbreak which could prove deadly for both the refugees and the local community.
But, Bangladesh government has included Rohingyas in the overall National Response Plan to curb the spread of the contagion, media reported.
