Staff Reporter: No new coronavirus case found in Bangladesh in last 24 hours, said, the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) on Monday.
Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Professor Meerjady Sabrina Flora disclose the latest situation of coronavirus in the country while speaking at a press briefing at IEDCR in the city’s Mohakhali.
The IEDCR Director urged people not to panic over coronavirus.
Dr Flora said the samples of four people have been tested so far but all those found negative for coronavirus.
The IEDCR Director also mentioned that they received over 500 calls through IEDCR hotline numbers till 5 pm on Sunday.
“The people of our country become aware well. We received 509 calls through hotline numbers till 5 pm on Sunday after the announcement of first three cases of coronavirus infection in the country. Of those calls, 449 were related to coronavirus,” the Director said.
The first three coronavirus infected patients were detected in Bangladesh on Sunday. The infected patients include two men and one woman, and all of them were kept in quarantine in Kurmitola General Hospital.