Coronavirus: Bandarban DC tests positive

Bandarban Deputy Commissioner Md Daudul Islam has tested positive for the new coronavirus (Covid-19) on Thursday.

Bandarban Additional DC Shamin Hossain confirmed the matter and said the DC might have contracted the virus while attending numerous programs but he is doing well now.

Civil Surgeon Aung Sui Marma said the DC’s samples were tested at Cox’s Bazar PCR lab on Thursday night. Later, a medical team visited his house to check on him.

He (the DC) will take treatment from home, the civil surgeon said.

A total of 78 people including the Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Minister Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing have been found infected with Covid-19 and of them 15 made recovery.