Staff Reporter :
The Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has dispelled rumours that Textiles and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi had contracted the coronavirus infection.
Addressing at a media briefing on Thursday, IEDCR Director
Professor Meerjady Sabrina Flora said, the Minister went to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) with a different flu strain.
“The Minister isn’t infected with the coronavirus. Based on the information we received from BSMMU, he went to the hospital for regular check-up centering different diseases.”
Pressed on the type of illness, the Minister was suffering from Flora said, “The virus in question is called 229-E, which is responsible for the common flu or cold and is prevalent in our country.”
The virus does not require any separate treatment or isolation measures, she said, adding, “This is nothing to be fearful or concerned about.”
Golam Dastagir Gazi has been admitted to the hospital’s Cabin Block after undergoing treatment at BRB Hospital for a couple of days earlier, said the sources of the Textiles and Jute Ministry.
The Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has dispelled rumours that Textiles and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi had contracted the coronavirus infection.
Addressing at a media briefing on Thursday, IEDCR Director
Professor Meerjady Sabrina Flora said, the Minister went to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) with a different flu strain.
“The Minister isn’t infected with the coronavirus. Based on the information we received from BSMMU, he went to the hospital for regular check-up centering different diseases.”
Pressed on the type of illness, the Minister was suffering from Flora said, “The virus in question is called 229-E, which is responsible for the common flu or cold and is prevalent in our country.”
The virus does not require any separate treatment or isolation measures, she said, adding, “This is nothing to be fearful or concerned about.”
Golam Dastagir Gazi has been admitted to the hospital’s Cabin Block after undergoing treatment at BRB Hospital for a couple of days earlier, said the sources of the Textiles and Jute Ministry.
